The Decapolis (“ten cities”) was a group of cities in the Middle East where ancient Greek, Roman, and Jewish cultures intersected.

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

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

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 ...

Venturing into an Etruscan tomb once meant crawling through rubble, breathing dust, and crawling into rooms excavated more than 2,500 years ago. Now, it is possible to do so from a computer, even a ...

In Greg Sheridan’s latest book, “pagan” Rome is a straw man, against which he posits early Christianity as the loving and brave hero.

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 ...

The house where Saturn is located in your astrological chart reveals the area of your life where you may encounter karmic ...

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

Ethiopia is heir to one of the world’s richest cultural tapestries. Ge’ez, Arabic, Oromo, Somali, and dozens of other languages all form part of this mosaic. To elevate one while neglecting the others ...

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

Two-part international conference on the first ecumenical council 1,700 years ago to resume in Münster on 15 October – What ...