Clay McLachlan At first glance, it didn't appear that impressive: a worn limestone pillar, six feet high and two feet wide, standing slightly askew beside a country road near the village of ...

Francis had led the Roman Catholic church since Benedict XVI ... south, east and west (see map 1). This method traces the Church’s complex history. The statistical centre started in the hills ...

When we think of the Renaissance era in Western Europe our thoughts generally tend towards the opulence and wealth of ruling ...

Archaeologists solved the mystery of the ruins of the Desolate Castle, determining that the mysterious site on the Danube ...

Stretching from the heart of Rome into the Italian countryside, the Appian Way is more than just a road—it’s a path through history. Built over 2,000 years ago, this ancient highway carried armies, ...

Most famous as the hometown of Shakespeare’s tragic couple Romeo and Juliet, Verona isn’t typically one of the first cities ...

By Eve Sampson Under a soccer field in a Vienna neighborhood along the Danube, archaeologists have found a mass grave dating to the era when the Roman Empire was battling Germanic tribes almost ...

But finding the dead — that is unique for the entire Roman history.” Soldiers in the Roman Empire were typically cremated until the third century. The pit where the bodies were deposited ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. "Unusual rocks," discovered in Iceland, are believed to ...

Archaeologists in Italy have recently discovered ancient Roman tombs while excavating a necropolis, including one with a gladiator's epitaph. Coins, lamps and vases were also found.