From the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its ...

ROME (AP) — The man who just took charge of Rome’s top tourist attraction wants to set the record straight: the Colosseum won ...

Although the hairstyles of the emperors were less spectacular than the coiled braids and towering curls of the empresses, ...

History often feels like a series of random events strung together, but if you look closely, you’ll see unmistakable patterns ...

She was thrown onto a bed of bones—an Iron Age sacrifice so haunting, her skeleton left archaeologists stunned in silence.

In the later days of the Roman Empire, emperors were seen through a complex lens of politics, religion, and propaganda. This ...

An Israeli prime-time television satirical comedy show has depicted Donald Trump as a McDonalds-loving Roman emperor in their latest sketch. The Eretz Nehederet skit saw a Trump lookalike dressed as ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the history of a legendary papal namesake. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost ...

The man who just took charge of Rome’s top tourist attraction wants to set the record straight: The Colosseum won’t be ...

Archaeologists in Germany’s Bavaria have unearthed an elaborately constructed but empty circular stone grave they suspect to ...

Recently, a friend was asked, "What church do you go to?" to which he replied he was an atheist. I heard his response and was ...

The names used to refer to the Greek people and their land have complex origins, and their definitions shifted dramatically ...