Pliny the Elder’s 37 volume Naturalis Historia is the largest single work to have survived from the Roman Empire. It includes ...

I’m a believer. Not in a higher power, but in the power of sacred spaces to move, challenge, educate and uplift me.

1214 This sacrament is called Baptism , after the central rite by which it is carried out: to baptize (Greek baptizein ... However, from ancient times it has also been able to be conferred ...

Reading like the lyrics to a popular song or poem from modern times, ancient Greek poems have prompted new insights into ...

British author J. R. R. Tolkien's tale of the fall of Númenor was inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Atlantis.

To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ...

Ancient Greece is traditionally remembered for its philosophy, mythology, and great buildings—but there's a lesser-known side ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

The lecture hall of an "impressive high school" from an ancient Greek settlement was recently uncovered in Italy – with the discovery highlighting the similarities between ancient and modern ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

“These tracks offer a rare window into ancient ecosystems,” said Dr. Nicholas Famoso, the monument’s paleontology program manager. “They add behavioral context to the body fossils we’ve ...