It’s important to remember, though, that the first pope in history, St. Peter, did come from the region now known as Israel. St. Peter was a Jewish fisherman from Galilee—modern-day northern ...

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

The names of the ROMAN PROVINCES (or other significant regions) are in bold capital ... Magdala - towns on the shore of the Sea of Galilee SAMARIA - core of ancient (Northern) Kingdom of Israel ...

A papal conclave is an ancient electoral process through the ... Highways link the city to the Andes mountains as well as the Amazon region. In 2014, he served as the administrator and later ...

A new study has uncovered hidden social patterns in ancient Hebrew kingdoms by analyzing personal names from archaeological ...

Researchers led by the University of Glasgow in Scotland have identified a Late Upper Paleolithic site in the far north of ...

Alongside the fort, the mission uncovered housing units, the eastern gates of the two known forts, a limestone road, and ...

Located in the northern Sinai Desert, the site is shedding new light on defensive structures built to protect Egypt's eastern borders ...

If you’re arriving at Osaka’s Kansai International Airport, the city serves as a gateway to the region. Ancient capitals, like Kyoto and Nara, and industrial centers, like Kobe, are an hour aw ...

A nearly yearlong excavation project in northern Switzerland is offering a glimpse into life in some of the Roman empire’s ...

The question of permanent Egyptian colonies in the southern Levant remains a matter of debate among scholars.Until the ...