In the early fourth century A.D., Rome was notorious for persecuting Christians. Yet the night before battle, Constantine ...

A seemingly simple question opens up difficult debates about ancient Roman beauty ideals and social hierarchy, and reveals ...

Among the museum’s artifacts, which were hidden during the long closure, are a 5,400-year-old mummy and remnants from the ...

Long after Roman soldiers left Vindolanda, the fort's sewer system kept a record of what plagued them most. Hidden in the sediment were parasites that reveal how disease spread through daily life near ...

Two recently opened stops by the Colosseum double as museums, showcasing the ancient artifacts and ruins unearthed during ...

Who were the seven sleepers? What does Christianity say about them? Does Islam mention them as well? How does the Islamic ...

The complete history of stadium design across the world and how modern venues still take shape based on ancient principles ...

Workers lifting a living room floor in a quiet French village expected dust and concrete, not a buried fortune. Instead, they ...

That is no country for old men,’ wrote Yeats, turning his gaze toward Byzantium as a symbol of civilisational order, ...

Padilla will enter a teaching position at Arizona State University in order to pursue an interest in public service.

J K Dadoo writes that ancient India, through trade, religion and knowledge networks, shaped global civilisation as the world’s central intellectual and philosophical power ...

Recent scientific analyses of glass fragments reveal a city that was at the forefront of recycling and adopting the most ...