Seven planets are on display in the night sky at the end of February, but some will be harder to spot than others. Here’s ...

The history of the Gorgoneion, Medusa’s fearsome symbol, from its Greek and Roman origins to its influence on Alexander the Great and more.

Roughly 3,000 years ago, someone living in a village on the shores of what's now Lake Bolsena, 50 miles northwest of Rome, ...

Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into ...