The execution method of Poena Cullei, or “punishment of the sack,” remains one of Ancient Rome’s most notoriously inventive and gruesome punishments. Reserved for those guilty of ...

The Ancient Appian Way (Via Appia Antica) has a history that dates back to 312 B.C. and includes the site of Spartacus' execution (in 71 B.C.), the tomb of Caecilia Metella, and many a Roman ...

Archaeologists have unearthed several frescoes — a type of mural painting — that rank among the most important ever found at this renowned archaeological site. The recent excavation revealed artworks ...

The ancient Roman ship ... and concluded that the statue was a Roman copy of a Greek original,” said Bassel. Researchers used accelerator-based techniques to pin down Apoxyomenos’s age, origin and ...

As far back as the Ancient Laws of China ... crucifixion (copied from the Romans), throwing the criminal from a rock, and sawing asunder. The most infamous execution of history occurred ...

(photo credit: Parco archeologico di Pompei/Handout via REUTERS) Archaeologists in Pompeii have unearthed an ancient building site that sheds light on construction techniques used by the Romans to ...

Did Dementia Exist in Ancient Greek and Rome? Jan. 31, 2024 — Did the ancient Greeks and Romans experience Alzheimer's? Medical texts from 2,500 years ago rarely mention severe memory loss ...

Concrete is an incredibly useful and versatile building material on which not only today’s societies, but also the ancient Roman Empire ... of the primitive methods used two-thousand years ...

A Vatican declaration, the "Infinite Dignity," has brought renewed attention to how religions define and interpret gender and ...

ROME: Archaeologists in Pompeii have unearthed an ancient building site that sheds light on construction techniques used by the Romans to make iconic structures such as the Colosseum and the ...

are helping shine a light on techniques used to make the Colosseum and the Pantheon, Italian authorities say (Gabriel Zuchtriegel, Director, Pompeii Archaeological Park) ''This explains why they (the ...