Archaeological excavations carried out in La Vila Joiosa, Alicante, have brought to light more than 4,000 fragments of an ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

Southeastern Italy may be better known for its beaches and burrata, but it’s also layered with ancient Greek and Roman ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday, ending an often turbulent reign ...

Most of us have skeletons in our closets, but they can also lurk in much less familiar places. Literally.

While inspecting a sumptuous villa in Rome, an electrician stumbled across long lost works by the Baroque painter Carlo Maratta.

Belief in the resurrection of Jesus is the foundation of the Christian faith. But the miracle of Easter didn’t end there.

There's still a lot left to learn when it comes to ancient history, and scientists are still finding locations long since ...

While he battled with internal dissent, Francis became a global superstar, drawing huge crowds on his many foreign travels as ...

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and art-science-climate organisation Invisible Dust are thrilled to unveil the final public artwork ...

When people think of the historical “Celts,” they are really thinking of the various peoples that lived across the European ...