An excavation at the Tell Abu Sefeh site in Egypt revealed sophisticated military fortifications from the Ptolemaic and Roman ...

The newly discovered relief depicts King Ashurbanipal in a divine conference with two preeminent Assyrian deities.

Tourism is surging in many places around the world—swarmed national parks, throngs of visitors amassing in churches and ...

This newly uncovered site lies in what once might have been the northeast quadrant of that Roman town. In the basement, experts discovered mosaic floors that confirm the presence of ancient dwellings.

Roman Catholicism became the official religion of the Roman Empire in the year 380, according to Learn Religions, a reference site produced by full-time ministers, published authors, licensed ...

Peak to Peak, the No. 1 overall seed in the classification, dominated its first two opponents to reach the semifinals while Holy Family, at No. 4, squeaked past No. 13 St. Mary’s Academy and No ...

The papal conclave, a gathering of 130 Roman Catholic cardinals who will elect the successor to Pope Francis, begins on May 7. No matter whom they choose, his place in church history is already ...

Who was he, and how did he die? The remains were excavated about 20 years ago near the English city of York, or as it was known during the Roman Empire, Eboracum. They belong to a man in his late ...

Former MSNBC host Joy Reid blamed a lack of diversity for the fall of the Roman Empire and claimed the United States could go the same way if they don’t embrace DEI. The former "ReidOut" host ...

Half a century later, when Bonaparte dissolved the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, these arguments had ceased to serve their purpose. Despite a lack of maps, which makes it difficult to grasp the ...

During his papacy, he remained a steadfast ally of the Carolingian Empire, especially in the ... the internalized conflicts such as with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, and headed the attempt ...