While researchers are not quite ready to use the date Pliny the Younger claimed Pompeii was destroyed, they believe it could ...

According to the Roman author Pliny the Elder, the Miletians were particularly active in this region, establishing around 90 ...

Academics have spent centuries debating over the real date on which Vesuvius decimated Pompeii. Now, the park itself has ...

In the vast network of historical and scientific debates, few enigmas have sparked as much fascination as the exact date of ...

Greek philosopher Plutarch of Chaeronea (1st-2nd century AD) observed that our lives are divided between relaxation and ...

Two thousand years ago, when Vesuvius erupted, a longing to make sense of what was happening lured antiquity’s most celebrated encyclopedist to his death. Pliny the Elder’s lifework, the Natural ...

Solder, lawyer and writer, Pliny the Elder’s (23 – 79 AD) research into the natural world formed the basis of scientific authority for centuries to come. He died during the eruption of Mount ...

For 14 years, scientists have been growing a tree akin to the Judean balsam — the source of the balm of Gilead — but with no ...

Sure, the ancients went on holidays for a rest and to cure illnesses. But they didn’t always come back healthy.

There are so many wines produced throughout Italy - all 20 of the country’s regions are wine-producing ones, so even if the ...