German archaeologists have discovered new insights into Bavaria's Roman past from an ancient buried temple where Roman ...

In classical Rome, and in other times and cultures, full moons were thought to cause madness in people and animals, as seen ...

Today, the same quarries that built Rome with their distinctive pock-marked travertine are still being dug out to build a new generation of churches, temples and mosques around the world — as well as ...

Apocrypha’ means ‘hidden’ in Greek, but it is often used to describe texts that are outside the official biblical canon.

Centered on a Persian-inspired deity, Mithraism spread widely across the Roman Empire between the first and fourth centuries CE. Most evidence comes from archaeology, including underground temples ...

Archaeologists in Cologne, Germany have made a jaw-dropping discovery beneath the city’s historic center: a 2,000-year-old Roman altar and staircase hidden beneath urban streets, in a place where it ...

One could be forgiven for coming away from Leighton Woodhouse’s “Donald Trump, Pagan King” op-ed in the New York Times with ...

Two ancient Roman stone altars found near Edinburgh and acquired for the nation are set to go on public display for the first time as part of a new exhibition at the National Museums of Scotland (NMS) ...

Hundreds and thousands of years ago, people used to worship deities and Gods that have faded almost entirely from the ...

Vatican workmen readied the ancient stage for the largest consistory in all the long centuries of the Church. Along the giant cornice high in St. Peter’s nave, 100 of them walked surefooted, hanging ...