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 types of roundworms typically in humans include pinworms and ascariasis, but ...

Parasites plagued Roman soldiers 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 ...
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A simple turn reveals a 1,500-year-old secret on Roman glass

A museum visit sparked a revelation when a Roman glass cup was turned around and its overlooked markings came into focus.

A Pompeii site reveals the recipe for Roman concrete. It contradicts a famous architect’s writings

Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing concrete.

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 ...
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Diarrhea and stomachaches plagued Roman soldiers stationed at Hadrian's Wall, discovery of microscopic parasites finds

Analysis of latrine sediments at the Roman fort of Vindolanda has revealed that at least three parasites were widespread among Roman soldiers.

NASA completes next-generation Roman telescope, bringing scientists closer to answering if we’re alone

NASA has completed assembling the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope, a powerful infrared observatory set to scan vast cosmic regions, raising anticipation about what it may soon uncover about dark energy ...

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 ...

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.

NASA's Roman space telescope to map the Milky way in infrared

NASA's Roman Space Telescope will soon map our Milky Way galaxy in infrared. This mission will reveal billions of stars and ...

Pompeii’s ruins challenge Rome’s famous concrete recipe

Isotopic analysis confirmed that the workers in Pompeii relied on hot-mixing when making their concrete. Samples from the ...

NASA's Roman Telescope Set To Map Cosmic Voids, Reveal Universe's Dark Energy Secrets

The Roman telescope promises to provide a clearer picture of the large-scale structure of the universe and the forces shaping ...