Historians have deciphered a 1,900-year-old papyrus discovered in the Judean desert that details an elaborate tax evasion ...

Most slaves during the Roman Empire were foreigners and, unlike in modern times, Roman slavery was not based on race. Slaves in Rome might include prisoners of war, sailors captured and sold by ...

For most humans who have breathed Earth's air over the course of history, our deaths have disappeared from record, as ...

A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...

Using contemporary accounts from all levels of society, from senators to slaves, The Roman Way explores different aspects of everyday life in the Roman Empire, two millennia ago.

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...