The ancient Romans loved their birds. They rated owls as omens, valued geese as guards, kept chickens for divination, and raised peafowl for food. As for the thrush, a plumb avian of the passerine ...

The song thrush was the most abundant species in an assemblage of animal bones found in an ancient Roman trash pit © Andyworks via Getty Images Ancient Romans in ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, ancient Romans enjoyed a variety of snacks when attending events at the Colosseum. Recent archaeological findings have uncovered remnants of these foods, and interestingly, ...

Thrushes were both kept as pets and eaten, showcasing their complex role in Roman society. Birds were prominent figures in ancient Rome. Certain owls and eagles were considered powerful divinatory ...

Newly published research is providing a fascinating glimpse into how ancient Romans enjoyed their fast food — shedding more light on life in antiquity. In a recent journal article entitled “Urban ...

On the coast of the Irish Sea, the headland of Drumanagh once served as a trading post two millennia ago. The Irish fort connected the island nation to England and northern Europe where the Roman ...

“Street food was a fundamental component of the urban [Roman] experience,” one researcher noted. Archaeologists excavating a site in Mallorca have discovered Roman-era fast food which dates back 2,000 ...

Commoners in the Roman Empire frequently snacked on inexpensive fried songbirds at roadside shops, archaeologists said after analysing an ancient trash pit in Spain. Such fast-food joints, known as ...