Though it's been a while since ancient Romans walked among us, as it turns out, the way they ate is pretty similar to some ...

"Ancient Food and Flavor" at the Penn Museum features outdoor raised beds with plantings of the types of foods that would have been in ancient Peru, Switzerland, and Jordan. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY) ...

For thousands of years, humans have relied on creative methods to preserve food in the face of harsh environments and limited resources. Among these, smoking stands out not only as an ancient ...

Take a look at these eight ancient food preservation methods that remain effective even in modern times.

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 ...

Lingering ‘idle men’ who hung about outside restaurants preceded today’s delivery drivers; others had their food sent using ...

Discovering how ancient civilizations ate helps us truly understand what life was like before our time. Sometimes, those insights come from ancient food itself, left behind in traces on used cookware.

Ancient stone structures on the West Coast are helping experts understand more about historic food practices, according to groundbreaking scientific research. In a recent interview with Fox News ...

6,000-year-old pottery reveals prehistoric humans cooked gourmet food with plants and fish, offering new insight into ancient ...

Studying ancient food webs can help scientists reconstruct communities of species, many long extinct, and even use those insights to figure out how modern-day communities might change in the future.

CHICAGO — Everything old is new again. This maxim is a measurable consumer trend as food choices return to the basics in the baked goods market. And old is not just new. Ancient has been given a new ...

Webs aren’t just for spiders. They can, in fact, describe vast networks of interconnected relationships within ecosystems, based on the food preferences of plants and animals. Understanding a “food ...