Some newly found stars in a small galaxy called Sextans A are forming without some of the usual "ingredients," raising ...

January was named after the pagan god “Janus” in ancient Roman religion. He was the god of beginnings and transitions, and ...

Eight years ago, on April 12, 2017, my family and I were plunged into a dark­ness for which no words ever truly suffice. It was a grief born of medical negligence—the avoidable death of our ...

My critique of Christmas cards definitely struck a nerve. I wrote about how I was disappointed at how many Christmas cards ...

The Bible praises Cyrus of Persia as a servant of God but never claims him as a proselyte. Likewise, emperor Constantine I of Rome became a liberator for Christians suffering at the hands of his ...

People also invested and traded in precious goods, like artworks. When the Romans sacked the city of Corinth in 146 BC, they stole the city’s collection of famous artwork, and later sold the ...

Janus was the god of transitions, and so the passing of the old year and the beginning of the new were sacred to him, writes ...

Christmas is a Christian holiday that observes the birth of Jesus. But did you know that the earliest followers of Jesus did not annually commemorate his birth? Or that Santa Claus is inspired by the ...

Ancient scribes often calculated Christ’s birth as falling in early spring. "A Roman Feast (Saturnalia)" by Roberto Bompiani, currently at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. The ancient empire had ...

As Christmas approaches, Christians across the world are preparing to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Jesus. However, you may be wondering how the holiday exactly came to be. With no ...