Diarrhea slowed down Roman soldiers

Roundworms are eight- to 12-inches-long and live in the intestines, They can cause abdominal pain, fever, and diarrhea. The ...

Roman Concrete Has Miraculously Held Up for Centuries. Scientists Just Figured Out How.

Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered a workshop that combined two elements that allowed the concrete to “heal” itself.
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Man finds 2 Roman cavalry swords in a field—helps discover 2,000-year-old settlement

The swords were first discovered by a man named Glenn Manning. His discovery prompted them to uncover a whole shard of ...

Archaeologists Found Ancient Roman Artifacts From a City That Never Existed

A site in Switzerland contained evidence of an administrative center that was part of a bigger plan to build a urban center ...

Study: Roman soldiers battled parasites at Hadrian’s Wall

It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

This Ancient Construction Site in the Ruins of Pompeii Is Revealing New Secrets About the 2,000-Year-Old Recipe for Roman Concrete

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

40,000 Roman coins turned up under a living room floor

Workers lifting a living room floor in a quiet French village expected dust and concrete, not a buried fortune. Instead, they ...

Is Times New Roman Better Than Calibri for the State Department?

The State Department’s order noted that Calibri in a 15-point size had been “recommended as an accessibility best practice” ...
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Roman Reigns' Most Eye-Popping Luxury Items Worth Serious Money

Roman Reigns has ascended to the top of WWE over the last decade, and the "Tribal Chief" isn't afraid to show off the luxury ...

Roman Reigns Reveals His Look For Street Fighter Movie – And It’s Wild

Roman Reigns revealed his Akuma look from the upcoming Street Fighter movie. Here's the first image and what Cody Rhodes ...

NASA announces plan to map Milky Way with Roman Space Telescope

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has released detailed plans for a major survey that will reveal our home galaxy ...

U.S. State Department changes official font from Calibri back to Times New Roman

The U.S. State Department changed its official font from the reader-friendly Calibri back to Times New Roman. Michel Martin speaks with an accessibility design expert about why fonts matter.