We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there’s evidence of ...

The bronze artifacts may have served as coffin handles for a burial in what is now Israel, but the true nature of the find ...

It’s not coincidental that today’s optional memorial follows the Solemnity of Peter and Paul. Sts. Peter and Paul stand at ...

Archaeologists in Virginia have unearthed the foundation of a 1700s building that once supported the nation's oldest ...

Photos by Giulia Gerosa for Thrillist Rome is a city of contradictions. It’s a place where an ancient aqueduct slices through a traffic circle, where you can sip a craft cocktail on the terrace of a ...

A strange artefact unearthed by a thirteen-year-old while on a trek in Haifa, north of Israel, has turned out to be a rare ancient Roman ring featuring goddess Minerva.. The bronze ring has been ...

How German Erudition and Patient Toil Hove Reconstructed from Thousands of Fragments a Noble Roman Monument, Erected at Mainz in Nero's Time. Share full article Oct. 7, 1906 ...

The Roman agora of Athens. Credit: Greek Reporter. Following the Roman victory over Greece, Greek gods were often equated with their Roman counterparts. Most notably, Zeus became Jupiter, Hera became ...

A BUILDING in Colchester’s High Street is being transformed into a multi-purpose hub for the city’s residents and it’s named after a Roman god.

As to why the sculpture is known as Athena rather than Minerva—the ancient Roman equivalent of the Olympian—Manchester tells The Art Newspaper that it was, in fact, originally called Minerva.

As he was god of the sky and thunder too, the worship of Jupiter was the most important across the Roman world. The fifteen principal deities were overseen by priests called flamines, while the priest ...

The Roman's polytheistic faith was not averse to merging Celtic gods with their own Roman deities. ... and amalgamated the Celtic goddess Sul with one of their own gods, Minerva.