AI-generated reconstructions of ancient Rome turn out to be full of errors

A number of videos and images created by artificial intelligence that claim to accurately depict ancient Rome have been ...

Pompeii construction site confirms recipe for Roman concrete

The only snag was that this didn’t match the recipe as described in historical texts. Now the same team is back with a fresh analysis of samples collected from a recently discovered site that confirms ...
Newsweek

Scans Reveal Secrets of Roman Surgeons’ ‘Beautiful and Functional’ Tools

Researchers have unraveled new insights into a collection of "beautiful and functional" ancient tools used by Roman surgeons around 2,000 years ago. A team at the University of Exeter (UE) in the ...
PBS

Ancient Rome

A brief history expose on the history of ancient Rome! This edition of History In A Nutshell travels back to antiquity; to some of the earliest days of Western Civilization: Ancient Rome! This expose ...
CNN

‘A miracle and a warning’: Ancient tower collapse reveals a crisis facing modern Rome

In video footage, it almost looks like an earthquake. The ancient Torre dei Conti, which has occupied a street corner of central Rome since medieval times, is suddenly enveloped in billowing clouds as ...
The Washington Post

How often do men think about ancient Rome? Quite frequently, it seems.

It’s been almost 2,000 years since the Roman Empire reached the historic peak of its power. But many men still contemplate it — quite a lot. A new social media trend prompting women to ask the men in ...