A metal detectorist in Germany has unearthed a tiny ancient Roman golden lock. The 1,600-year-old artifact is likely the ...

Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution.

As Los Angeles rebuilds after devastating wildfires, the histories of these three cities offer helpful guidance.

Vālmīki’s epic poem “The Rāmāyaṇa” is a great work of literature and a treasure of Indian culture — but its political and ...

Coming alongside the “little ones” mangled in this sordid world is not merely an act of moral heroism. It is participation in ...

By day, she was the emperor’s wife, the most admired woman in Rome, who lived in a palace and wanted for nothing. By night, ...

Archaeologists working on the site of an old convent’s garden in Dijon, France, have discovered a strange group of Gallic graves and a children’s necropolis dating back over 2,000 years.

Italy’s Eternal City might be known for bringing history alive but it turns out it’s also quite affordable for a city break – ...

Sunglasses are important for protection. But over the centuries they have also become fashion accessories and personal ...

The scroll, found in the Judean desert, has been painstakingly translated from Nabataean, an ancient Arabic language.

The forgotten statue of Nero at the Isthmus of Corinth is a relic of the time the Roman emperor granted freedom to a part of ancient Greece.

Earlier this month, a full moon blocked Mars from view. Historically, some have taken that as a sign for peace as Mars has been the “planet of war and conflict ...