We asked Aicher, author of "Guide to the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome," about ... and their drinking water. It also would be impossible to imagine Rome, which had about 1,000,000 people at its ...

Lead pollution might sound like a modern problem, but people were subjected to significant levels during antiquity, too.

Ancient masters of engineering ... The latter, built to provide drinking water to the Roman navy in the Bay of Naples, had a capacity of just under half a million cubic feet.

An ancient Roman grave filled with white gypsum was found in England, officials announced last week. The material was ...

Lead pollution in ancient Rome likely dropped the average IQ, a study found. The research is based on an analysis of ice ...

According to an NBC News report, an analysis of an ice core from Greenland conducted by climate and environmental scientist ...

The sarcophagus was recovered from a small Roman roadside cemetery, undisturbed since its burial in Roman times.