The suddenness of Mount Vesuvius's eruption, has given us an incomparable look into Roman life 2,000 years ago.

Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including ...

According to Egyptian legend, the goddess Sekhmet was created by Ra, who wanted her to destroy humans who were disobedient to ...

Pieter Brueghel the Elder’s masterpiece captures the folly of humanity’s desire to reach heaven on its own terms.