A tourist has been detained after he was discovered carving the letters “ALI” onto the plaster of an ancient house in Pompeii. Italy’s culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano called the act “an ...

“[T]his study show[s] how the owner of the house stimulated the visitor’s senses to convey a message about its power and wealth,” says co-author Danilo M. Campanaro in a statement. Antiquity, 2022 ...

Dara is a historical ancient city located on the Mardin. (CREDIT: iStock) By using these house sizes, researchers calculated something called the Gini coefficient —a number between 0 and 1 that ...

Few things are more fun to study about in history than real-life houses of ancient people (and the hilarious graffiti at Pompeii is surely a strong contender). Walking through the ruins of an ancient ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

We're living in a period where the gap between rich and poor is dramatic, and it's continuing to widen. But inequality is nothing new. In a new study researchers compared house size distributions from ...

Archaeologists found a 2,000-year-old Roman home with an elaborate mosaic, wall art and water features near the Colosseum, photos and video shows. Screengrab from YouTube video from Italy’s Ministry ...

You probably have a member of your family that you're not related to by blood—a step-parent, an adopted cousin, your mom's best friend who you grew up calling your aunt. They're indisputably part of ...