Historian Josephine Quinn explores how the Phoenicians and their great colony, Carthage, built a maritime empire that once overshadowed both Greece and Rome ...

The largest libraries of the ancient world weren’t mere book collections. They were centers of power, education, and survival across empires.

When Constantine fought his rivals for control of the Roman Empire, the outcome changed the course of history. In 312, before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, he reportedly saw a vision of the cross ...

Archaeologists in Cuijk, Netherlands, uncover a rare Roman oil lamp shaped like a mask, shedding light on ancient funerary customs.

The Sun played a powerful role in the spiritual life of the ancient world from the Greek titan Helios and the Roman god Sol to the mystery cult of Mithras and the Syrian deity Elagabal Over time Sol I ...

Welcome to the realm of Saturn. In its energetic orbit, you'll encounter the values of discipline, hard work, and boundaries. Success achieved with integrity comes with time—there are no shortcuts to ...

A bombing delay enabled rescue of some objects, but archaeologists fear the wider loss of antiquities from the many cultures living there over thousands of years.

Legend has it that when the Statue of Zeus was completed, the king of the gods announced his approval via a lightning bolt.

Organised jointly by the University of Münster and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, an international conference in Mid-October will focus on the Council of Nicaea 1,700 years ago and its ...

At the beginning of his pontificate, Leo declared himself to be a “son of St. Augustine.” He also committed himself to promoting the Church’s “treasury” of social teaching. For an Augustinian pope, ...