Taking time off in the summer was important in ancient Greek and Roman times. But some found it hard to detach from work and ...

The distinctive dong of an ancient bell accompanied the opening of the Holy Door at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major on Jan.

Waves of human migration across Europe during the first millennium AD have been revealed using a more precise method of analysing ancestry with ancient DNA, in research led by the Francis Crick ...

Atop Cividade Hill in northern Portugal, the ancient city of Bracasa Augusta lays in ruin. Today, the site belongs to the ...

Crimea had been colonised by the Greeks as early as the 6th century BC, and it was known for its Greek city-states, including ...

Here, culled from the many thousands of audiobooks released this year, are 10 of the very best of 2024: a broad range of ...

Archaeologists in France recently unearthed a 1,700-year-old ring engraved with an ancient religious motif. The ornately ...

Kristof: So let’s go back to the Nativity. Of the four Gospels, two describe the virgin birth of Jesus and two don’t mention ...

And they donate Bibles in different languages too, the 33-year-old added in the organization’s small lobby next to a statue of Mary, one of whose ancient titles is “star of the sea,” or Stella Maris ...

For decades, scientists have sought to unravel the secret behind Roman concrete's longevity. According to Science Alert, ...

Pope Francis is formally inaugurating the 2025 Holy Year, reviving an ancient church tradition encouraging the faithful to ...

The find suggests that the site may have been the capital of an ancient kingdom from the Neolithic Dawenkou Culture, which flourished from around 4000 B.C. to 2600 B.C. “The latest discovery ...