The towering Greek philosopher and poet Homer described olive oil as “liquid gold” and the Greek tragedian extraordinaire Sophocles called olives “our sweet silvered wet nurse”. Olive oil is the oil ...

According to Pliny the Elder, the matrons of Athens, at the time of the Thesmophoria [the festival of Demeter and Persephone], used to place the stems and leaves of the chaste in their bedding to ...

A chilling new discovery at the site of Pompeii reveals the tragic true extent of human suffering 2000 years after the disaster. There has been a chilling new Pompeii discovery that has revealed the ...

India, in turn, absorbed vast amounts of Roman gold. So extensive was this exchange that Pliny the Elder famously lamented how India was “the sink of the world’s most precious metals ...

This year’s release “is like Pliny the Elder on steroids ... “But Pliny the Younger is the gold standard.” You can reach Staff Writer Sarah Doyle at 707-521-5478 or sarah.doyle@ ...

according to Pliny the Elder. Said rings were worn on the fourth digit of the left hand because of the ancient belief that this particular finger contained the vena amoris, a vein that ran directl ...

According to Pliny the Elder, the Mausoleum was built from luxurious white and gold marble from Athens, with red marble from Turkey, all set atop a grand rectangular podium. A striking 36-column ...

Pliny the Elder may come across as a vain and arrogant ... the silhouette of the Aqua Augusta are picked out in orange and gold against a dark blue hardcover. The slipcase is an essential part ...

In one letter he reported that his uncle, Pliny the Elder, commander of the Roman fleet ... Golden Bracelet”—so named because a beautiful gold bracelet featuring a coin held between two ...

The town was recorded by later writers, including Pliny the Elder, Ptolemy, and Stephanus of Byzantium ... bronze pins, necklaces, gold diadems, and bracelets. The decorations on some of the gold ...

“It’s still the gold standard of the style in my book ... Few beers are as legendary as Pliny the Elder — a delicious double IPA from Vinnie Cilurzo, the brewer credited with inventing ...