Ireland is opening a new chapter of its dark past as experts begin to dig for the remains of babies and children of unwed ...

Research led by local historian Catherine Corless indicated that 796 babies and young children were buried in a sewage system ...

Babies were buried, without coffins, one on top of the other in the 9ft-deep chambers of of a septic tank in Tuam, Galway ...

Excavations begin today of an unmarked mass burial site at a former mother and baby home in western Ireland suspected of ...

There are more than 50 theories for the function of this 12-sided, pentagonal-faced bronze object — but archaeologists have ...

Excavations begin Monday of an unmarked mass burial site at a former mother and baby home in western Ireland suspected of ...

Bulgaria was on the frontier of the Roman Empire, part of the 1,800km-long Danube Limes of forts and fortified cities.

Rocks on Iceland beaches confirm the Late Antique Little Ice Age, caused by volcanic eruptions, precipitated the fall of the Roman Empire.

We think nothing of flushing a toilet and getting rid of human waste. One pull on the handle and the job's taken care of. But ...

A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...

The Romans didn’t just share roads and baths – they shared toilets too. From stone benches to sponge sticks, their bathroom ...

Families and survivors of a notorious former mother and baby home in the west of Ireland are to visit the site ahead of its major excavation.