Italian restorers have used laser beams to clean an ancient Roman marble column in the piazza outside the prime minister’s office, removing layers of dust and grime that had covered the monument for d ...

A faded label suggested the bones had been unearthed at the nearby Beachy Head cliffs sometime in the 1950s, though specific details of the original excavation had been lost to time. What followed was ...

Italian restorers have used laser beams to clean an ancient Roman marble column in the piazza outside the prime minister’s ...

Just as cosmetic surgeons wield lasers to smooth away wrinkles, archaeologists in Rome are firing beams of light at history ...

A seemingly simple question opens up difficult debates about ancient Roman beauty ideals and social hierarchy, and reveals ...

In 2009, struggling with the significant behavioral health injuries of Soldiers and families as a result of the “Long War,” ...

By looking at mother-infant experiences together, we can observe the long-lasting impact urbanization has on the health of ...

Scientists have now re-examined the 2000-year-old skeleton and its DNA with new techniques. Dr William Marsh, one of our ...

Sex and relationship expert Dr Caroline West writes about the ancient festival of Saturnalia, which takes place on 17 ...

A woman billed as the 'earliest black Briton' was in fact white and from southern England, according to new DNA analysis.

Pitt looked at 372 non-adult skeletons (mostly infants and toddlers) and 274 adult females from 24 different sites across ...

The roughly 11,000 inscriptions preserved by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. offer a glimpse into everyday life in the ...