Ancient History

The Ancient Greeks and Romans had a lot to say about longevity and good health – some of it remains true today

Olive oil is liquid gold. It’s been precious to humans for almost eight thousand years – used in everything from birth to death

What you’re going to do with your life is one of the big questions young people grapple with. But rest assured, some of history’s greats went through it too

An unexpected family link to the Philippines’ Kabayan mummies inspired research into environmental changes in the mountain caves that house them

No breakfast in bed and a bouquet, on Roman Mother’s Day, women served their slaves and offered flowers to a goddess

Can you tell Minoan from Mycenaean? Or recall Nero’s dying words? Test yourself in our Classics quiz

As the researcher for a new children’s novel set in Ancient Roman times, archaeologist Tamara Lewit found herself hunting for answers to questions she’d never considered

New dating techniques find that Laos’ stone jars may be at least 3,000 years old, but the sites remained significant for rituals until just 700 years ago

Epidemics haunt history, but at a time of COVID-19 it pays to remember they shape history too, as happened in 212 BC at Syracuse

Archaeology at the site of the former Pontine Marshes has uncovered a massive but forgotten feat of ancient land reclamation revealing the early determination of the Romans to bend the world to their will