Almost 1800 years after Rome’s founding, the people we call Byzantines still thought of themselves as part of the same ...

In the ancient city of Sillyon in Antalya on the Turkish Riviera, archaeologists have uncovered the tomb of Menodora.

I recently took a trip to Washington, D.C. to visit a myriad of war memorials. I was in awe of the grandeur and honor they ...

Excavations in Tarquinia reveal that the ancient Etruscan city, famed for its tombs, continued to thrive under Romans.

A new study shows how thinkers of ancient Greece and the Roman Empire helped establish the principles that guide modern ...

The Piasts, Poland's first royal dynasty, are the subject of recent, ground-breaking DNA research that questions conventional ...

Built by Leo XIII but never visited by him, the Aventine Hill church now welcomes his successor for its 125th anniversary.

“I’m just a cultural Jew,” I would tell people, knowing nothing about Jewish culture.

We cannot but sympathise with those who lament the destruction of American democracy as they see the rule of law dissolve ...

Renovations on a soccer field outside of Vienna, Austria, uncovered a Roman-era mass grave that held the remains of roughly ...

On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered ancient Egyptian ...

The Greeks were the most inventive, developing techniques for swaying voters, for stealing elections, and disqualifying opponents from running for office. Some of the Athenian politicians were as ...