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 ...

A Greek god Hermes statue discovered in ancient Laodicea sheds light on Roman craftsmanship, trade, and the city’s cultural ...

Early Christian icons may have derived some of their stylistic elements from pagan religious portraits, according to some ...

A new book by historian and archaeologist Eve MacDonald paints a more complete portrait of the once-great African society ...

In different passage, Aulus tells us about some bookstalls he came across when he arrived by ship at the port of Brundisium ...

A $2.3 million restoration is using advanced laser technology to clean and preserve the 1,840-year-old Rome’s Column of Marcus Aurelius.

This video explains how ancient Greeks and Romans created curse tablets known as defixiones. Archaeologists have uncovered hundreds of these thin lead sheets across the Mediterranean, often buried in ...

Letter writer says the past year has brought much strife in the U.S. and abroad, creating a need for a collective New Year's ...

For di year 449, Pope Leo I establish di date for commemorating di birth of Jesus as one of di main feasts of di Catholic ...

The Romans oversaw one of the largest and most important empires in history – these are the most extraordinary treasures they ...

I believe there are three points of understanding why God revealed this first commandment, though the topic is surely ...

Archaeologists recently discovered the remnants of an ancient Egyptian “pleasure boat” near the ruins of Cleopatra VII’s lost ...