A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...

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Researchers think the camp was built during the second century C.E. Stretching across 22 acres, it was identified using a ...

UNESCO World Heritage CentreFrom 500 BCE on, the Roman Empire extended its territory across parts of Europe and North Africa until its frontier totaled some 7,500 kilometres by the 2nd century. The ...

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Jimmy Swaggart is dead. The Pentecostal Televangelist who rose to power throughout the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s to become a ...

We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there’s evidence of perfumes, incense and even deodorants.