The ancient universities of India were intellectual powerhouses that attracted scholars from distant lands interested in studying mathematics and astronomy as well as philosophy and medicine.

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“It’s amazing that we were able to quantify atmospheric air pollution over Europe nearly 2,000 years ago and assess potential health impacts on the ancient Roman civilisation,” said Dr Joseph ...

It was made of 75 to 80 percent copper, 15 to 20 percent zinc, and trace amounts of nickel, lead, and iron. The ancient Romans also used a metal they called orichalcum to make coins beginning in 45 ...

This is also how the Roman emperor ... instead "declared war on play, relaxation, good living, and pleasure." Relaxing by the coast was one of the things people in ancient Greece and Rome most ...

28 due to a hamstring injury. He was designated to return from IR on Tuesday, but he won't play in the regular-season finale, despite being a full participant in practice all week.

LONDON — Like examining the growth rings of an ancient tree, scientists have developed a new way to analyze the “twigs” of human genetic family trees, revealing previously hidden patterns of migration ...

Waves of human migration across Europe during the first millennium AD have been revealed using a more precise method of analysing ancestry with ancient DNA, in research co-led by a UCL and Francis ...