Mount Vesuvius' eruption preserved the Herculaneum scrolls beneath a blanket of ash. Two millennia later, X-ray scans show ...

I was surprised at David Brooks’s reductive binary between pagans and Judeo-Christians. He depicts the Romans in a simplistic ...

This is the first time that major deities have been found depicted on a relief from an ancient Assyrian palace.

Scene of an ancient city during a plague. Credit: Michiel Sweerts, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. The ancient world suffered immensely from plagues ... what was this monster of a disease that ...

By Charles Helm*, Clive Thompson*, and Jan Carlo De Vynck* A team of scientists who study vertebrate fossil tracks and traces on South Africa’s southern Cape coast have identified the world’s first ..

3D map shows what will happen on the day of Pope Francis's funeral The Pope's coffin will be sealed this evening ahead of his funeral tomorrow, as world leaders start arriving in Rome to pay their ...

For bishops and archbishops, the liturgical clothes for a funeral include the alb, a white tunic held by a traditional cord ...

In a moment of frustration rarely seen from the four-time world champion, he sent the yellow ball flying across the table after losing the 13th frame. Reflecting on the match, Selby didn't mince ...

They say it indicates women were valued members of the ancient society ... around the same time as other great civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt and China. Caral City is located in the Supe ...

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A team of archaeologists thinks it has uncovered the remains of an ancient city in North Macedonia ... major role in today's understanding of the world and the desire to connect different ...