To do the method, begin by writing the two numbers you want to multiply at the top of two columns. In the left column, you ...

A museum visit sparked a revelation when a Roman glass cup was turned around and its overlooked markings came into focus.

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

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New research into an abandoned construction site in Pompeii has revealed the secrets of Roman cement manufacturing.

About 2,400 years ago, before the emergence of the Roman empire, a small armada of boats approached the island of Als off the ...

Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and a bit of the backstory of the shameful pardon of the former Honduran president.

While modern octopuses have DNA that consistently gets reshuffled, resulting in some chromosomal mixing, the researchers ...

The Ancient Pazyryk culture's frozen tombs, preserved mummies, tattoos, and artifacts reshape views on nomadic life.

A researcher has solved one of the longstanding riddles of the Dead Sea Scrolls by deciphering a hidden script within the ...

The concrete of ancient Rome was notoriously strong. Many of the buildings, bridges, and aqueducts built by the Romans still ...

New research suggests the Romans used a method known as "hot mixing" to produce self-healing concrete, which allowed them to ...