A couple of Facebook friends* sent me this article from the Wall Street Journal concerning a scholarly journal called the Journal of Roman Archeology, which published an article about ancient Roman hairstyles. You can read the original article here.
It… Read More
One of the more prestigious and cushy career paths of the ancient world would have to be the job of Vestal Virgin, in Ancient Rome.
A downside was that the job was probably a little dull. Your only duties were… Read More
The Canary Islands were named by the ancient Romans for the wild dogs that roamed there. (Canis is Latin for dog.) It was only later that they named the native songbirds "canaries."