The ancient silver coins feature the images of 11 Roman emperors and empresses, including Nero and Marcus Aurelius.

Discover how droughts contributed to the Barbarian Conspiracy invasion and affected Roman control in southern Britain.

Have you ever seen a bunch of coins on a headstone and wondered why they were there? They weren’t placed there by ...

Ancient historians recorded legends about the invention of the first coins, and archaeologists have found some surprising ...

A metal detectorist who is in recovery from drink and drug addiction says his hobby "saved him". Karl Monks, 40, from ...

The Vatican has announced that the Pope is dead. A series of arcane rites now occur and then the complex process of naming a ...

Experts reveal insights into what Jesus really looked like based on his likely hair, skin tone, clothing, and physique.

The funeral rites take place in three parts, called stations. The first takes place in the pope’s private chapel, after ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the ...

The reforms are incorporated into the slim red volume “Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis,” Latin for “Rite of Burial for Roman Pontiffs ... A bag containing coins minted during his ...

The Greeks struck coins depicting Zeus with a falcon ... Over the next five weeks the young birds will learn to fly, identify prey, and become accustomed to living in the wild by themselves.