In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

The Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus (lived circa 330 to 395) claimed in his book "Res Gestae" (Latin for "things done" ...

We also learned a lot about visiting the Colosseum first-hand. I thought I would share some helpful ideas about choosing the ...

The word itself predates Christianity, but the conclave with its secretive deliberations and ancient trappings still captures ...

Most famous as the hometown of Shakespeare’s tragic couple Romeo and Juliet, Verona isn’t typically one of the first cities ...

The Romans did have status symbols, just like we do. Portable sundials weren’t very useful or precise, but they said a lot ...

The Hebrew Israelite and Black Hebrew Israelite movements are as diverse as they are controversial, but one thing that ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

Callimachus, the Ancient Greek genius, influenced library organization and the poetic preference for shorter verses over long ...

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

Referencing ancient ties, the King joked, “It was the Romans who gave Britons the idea of putting a King’s head on coins – so I am especially grateful to them.” He also spoke about defense ...