Military brats of ancient Rome probably played soldier to pass the time. That's according to new evidence from Vindolanda, a fort found just south of Hadrian's Wall. The garrison is located in ...

Artifacts including toys and coins have been found during excavation in an ancient city in western Turkey. The findings in the 5,000-year-old ancient city of Becin in Mugla’s Milas district sheds ...

If you're interested at all in history, especially if you are interested in economic history, you will want to have a look at this new journey calculation tool out of Stanford. It's called Orbis and ...

The two toy swords are like those available in the Vindolanda gift shop Two Roman swords and a pair of 2,000-year-old wooden toys like those available in a museum gift shop have been discovered at a ...

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While sex toys are usually considered modern devices, a new study suggests that they may date back much further than we thought. Researchers have discovered a strange wooden artefact at the Roman fort ...