The Byzantine Empire maintained an intriguing relationship with ancient China, thus sending ambassadors there.

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers analyzed sediment cores from land and sea, linking lead levels to ...

"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus," said one researcher.

The discovery that scurvy, a debilitating illness caused by vitamin C deficiency, could be treated with citrus fruit ...

THIRTY-TWO fragments of Roman samian ware have been analysed for their sodium and manganese content, using neutron activation and γ-ray spectrometry. They were chosen from at least 10 of about 30 ...

The finding was made at the Xielaozhuang (XLZ) site in the Henan province of North China. The site belonged ... in relation to the identification of ancient plant remains, explains Dr. Cui.

The Roman Emperor Nero is reported as holding polished ... eye holes helped them to focus on their prey. In 12th-century China, judges wore sunglasses with smoked quartz lenses to hide their ...

Join an extensive research department that covers Greek and Roman history, Classical literature, and ancient philosophy. Our virtual week took place October 2024 – to find out about future sessions to ...

BEIJING--Despite Rome’s skepticism, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi ... “The thousand-year friendship inherited from the ancient Silk Road has endured,” Wang told visiting Italian Deputy ...

Lead pollution in ancient Rome may have dropped the average IQ by up to three points, a new study has found. In the paper, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

The "Classical and Glory-Ancient Greek and Roman Sculpture Art Exhibition" kicked off its first stop in China at the Shanxi Museum in Taiyuan, Jan 1, 2025. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/chinadaily.com.cn ...