A plant used by the ancient Greeks for medicine, food and even contraception, was one of the most sought-after goods in the ...

What Ancient Rome can tell us about the fate of Trump’s tariffs - ANALYSIS: When tariffs were used in Ancient Rome, they often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems ...

Work and wages varied immensely in ancient Greece. Agriculture was the backbone of the economy but work was available in ...

Hikers and mountaineers are finding ancient human artifacts in the melting glaciers of the Alps. Some discoveries are valuable snapshots of ancient economies, while others are total mysteries ...

Farming didn t emerge in the Andes due to crisis or scarcity it was a savvy and resilient evolution. Ancient diets remained ...

Cerro da Vila, an ancient hub of the Empire. Near Vilamoura’ marina lies Cerro da Vila, a once-thriving Roman settlement founded in the 1 st century BC. The site still showcases a remarkably ...

A recent study has revealed surprising findings about how the economy in ancient Britain grew during the Roman era. The findings, published in the prestigious journal Science Advances, challenge the ...

Ancient Cuban flatbread makes comeback as economic crisis bites. By Alien Fernandez and Norlys Perez. May 6, 2025 9:52 PM UTC Updated May 6, 2025 HAVANA ...

However, ancient economic and labor historians like Bernard, Dan-El Padilla Peralta, Sarah Levin-Richardson, Miko Flohr, and many others are working to demonstrate that both the individual lives ...

Ancient Romans in need of a quick bite often chowed down on fried songbirds, new research suggests. A researcher working on the island of Mallorca found bones of song thrushes inside a trash pit ...

Then, ideas on rational religion and institutional economic governance become much more visible. Through textual, narratological analysis, the paper contributes to an institutional economic theory of ...

Today’s global economy has been deliberately engineered, while the global economy of antiquity was not. But warnings of the inflationary effects of tariffs are also echoed in ancient Rome too.