February is a great month in France. Not only do school holidays start - just six weeks after Christmas - but the holiday ...

From the Magazine of the Archaeological Institute of America comes the jaw-dropping chronicle of an Egyptian temple, once ...

Jesus commanded His disciples, throughout all ages, to “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations” (Matthew 28:19).

History of Jews and the Pig,” which just won a Jewish Book Award, explores every aspect of this non-relationship.

On the 25th of February 1938, the Wilpattu National Park was declared the second National Park in Sri Lanka under the ...

Airborne particles from minting coins damaged health, a new study says, and might have contributed to the Roman Empire’s ...

In the shadow of St Peter’s Basilica, across the piazza degli scalpellini, or “square of the stonecutters”, lies another, more ancient structure.

Ash Wednesday, a holiday in which those practicing receive ash on their foreheads in the shape of a cross, will take place ...

Pompeii only came under Roman control around 160 years before its destruction – and its traffic-worn streets show how the ...

Archaeologists from the Museum of London have discovered a well-preserved part of the ancient city of London’s first Roman ...

“Through an examination of queer readings of the biblical canon and the canon of contemporary queer theory, the class ...

Thule is less known than other places in classical mythology like Atlantis. But Thule actually existed. The prickly question is, where was it?