A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...

Amidst the decline of Catholicism in France, the reconstruction of the Abbey of St. Wandrille emerges as a powerful sign of ...

Throughout medieval times, Easter was often a dangerous time for Jewish communities, whom Christians targeted as ...

The Roman governor Pontius Pilate had Jesus of Nazareth killed by his soldiers. He imposed a sentence that Roman judges often ...

An ancient carved stone head, possibly of a Roman god or philosopher, was uncovered beneath a 5th-century church in Rome, Italy.

The renewed interest in the traditional rite aligns with what’s known as the “strict church” hypothesis, which stipulates ...

A theater that once overlooked ancient Lefkada in Greece is seeing the light of day more than a century after its initial ...

The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a ...

Recent excavations in Lefkada, Greece, revealed the first-ever ancient Greek theater discovered in the Ionian Islands.

Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.

Archaeologists have uncovered two near-lifesize sculptures in a Pompeii tomb, shedding new light on the city's elite.