Ten minutes before the beginning of class, Professor Douglas Boin walks into the classroom and sets down his briefcase. Rather than beginning to set up for his lecture, Boin turns to two students ...

Almost every Roman city had large public latrines, where many people - often 20 or more - could relieve themselves in remarkably opulent settings. This video explores how the use, decoration, and ...

He was the mathematician who ran through the streets shouting “Eureka!” — but that was only a glimpse of his genius.

Archaeologists recently found a massive stone basin in Italy dating back more than 2,000 years — remnants of a once-powerful ...