Braces feel like a modern rite of passage, a high school accessory that arrived alongside smartphones and social media. In reality, people have been trying to straighten teeth for thousands of years, ...

Christmas is filled with traditions, including the story of Jesus’ birth. Some depictions show sheep, camels and donkeys ...

These are the planning applications coming to the northern region of Test Valley released by Test Valley Borough Council.

This is a summary of Planning Applications received in the Northern Area Planning Office of Test Valley Borough Council for the dates: 22nd, ...

A new book by historian and archaeologist Eve MacDonald paints a more complete portrait of the once-great African society ...

The expansion of one of the Mediterranean’s strongest powers wasn’t only driven by conquest, but also infrastructure. By ...

Before the Romans captured Pompeii, the famous town was run by the Samnite people – and a dip in their public baths might ...

The Romans created iconic structures from concrete — from the dome of Rome’s Pantheon to the roads that stretched across their empire. Researchers now have a better idea of how 1. Ellie Vaserman at ...

According to legend, long before the Romans founded Rome, there was a Greek city called Pallantium in the same area.

Evidence suggests that January 1 was not officially adopted as the start of the Roman year until 153 BCE. In 46 BCE, Julius ...

COMMENTARY: The famous phrase from Pope St. Paul VI is widely invoked in discussions about the Catholic Church. But what did ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.