Some headlines have complained about “hijacking the word, ‘Evangelical.’” I’d argue, though, that Trump’s evangelical voters ...

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) is home to one of the world’s most spectacular collections of art, sculpture, ...

When you can't make it to Italy, or would prefer to skip its massive crowds, head to this budget-friendly French city with ...

Members of Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is ...

The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.

The major world religions emerged between approximately 600 BCE and 611 CE, with Judaism being the first, followed by Christianity and concluding with Islam, ...

Learn how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 transformed one unfortunate Herculaneum resident’s brain into organic glass ...

The conversion—one of the last projects that the Iraqi-British architect worked on before dying—wraps a landmarked structure ...

Learn how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79 transformed one unfortunate victim’s brain into organic glass.

The Annals by Tacitus, composed just 91 years after the death of Jesus, provide according to some invaluable data about his crucifixion and the early persecution of Christians.

No fewer than seven Queen Cleopatras ruled ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, as a new book explains, writes David ...

What comes to mind when you think about the kind of Roman Emperor who managed to establish an indestructible empire?