Archaeologists in Israel have discovered an extremely rare, well-preserved Roman marble sarcophagus which depicts the gods ...

When Odysseus encounters the Cyclops in Book 9 of Homer’s Odyssey, the giant’s first question is: “Who are you, strangers?

French archaeologists have uncovered a Roman villa that once included gardens, thermal baths, and underfloor heating.

Starting in 2021, a research team led by Musallam R. al-Rawahneh—an associate professor of archeology and ancient Near East ...

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I traveled to Rome to accept an award for my recently published novel, The Accidental Jesus. The event would cap this year’s ...

Faced with marginalization and disinterest, Asian artists living in 1920s and 1930s Paris are now the subject of a major new ...

The Church honors Jeanne d’Arc as a virgin martyr and national patroness, whose courage, purity and fortitude continue to ...

The 381 Council of Constantinople solidified Trinitarian doctrine, affirmed the Holy Spirit’s divinity, and reshaped the ...

The Fall of Constantinople, on May 29, 1453, to the Ottoman Empire, was a momentous ... music and art, food and wine, sex (tied to Greco-Roman pagan times), and bling—these were our Byzantine ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the history of a legendary papal namesake.