While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

The word itself predates Christianity, but the conclave with its secretive deliberations and ancient trappings still captures ...

The figures adorn the wall of a tomb found in a necropolis near one of Pompeii’s city gates. Pompeii Archaeological ... inside a cemetery in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by Mount ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, don't often think to look beyond the city walls.

But in accordance with his wishes, Francis is expected to be buried at the ancient ... Rome, it becomes the responsibility of the chief administrator of the Diocese of Rome “to announce to the ...

“It was the new capital city, the focus of ... parts of the ancient walls remain, but the gate was severely damaged in 1870 during the Capture of Rome and subsequently knocked down.

At the top of Nice’s Old Town and its warren of streets, a gate opens ... Monti. Rome is awash in boutique hotels but this one stands out. Its neighborhood, Monti, is one of the city's oldest ...

(Gustavo Garello/AP) Pope Francis bestows the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world ... to the Regina Coeli penitentiary in Rome, April 17, 2025. (Andrew Medichini/AP) Pope Francis ...

180 A.D. "But since it would take too long to set out here the successions of all the churches, we shall turn to that great, ancient and ... 351 A.D.) "In the city of Rome the episcopal chair ...