Have you ever seen a bunch of coins on a headstone and wondered why they were there? They weren’t placed there by ...

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...

After an earthquake damaged the building, construction crews started working in the basement and unearthed the forgotten Roman ruins. Take a look.

The ancient silver coins feature the images of 11 Roman emperors and empresses, including Nero and Marcus Aurelius.

Ancient historians recorded legends about the invention of the first coins, and archaeologists have found some surprising ...

Sunglasses, suncream, and a crucial bit of dopamine. Looking for a getaway where you’re pretty much guaranteed a bit of sun?

Imagine being a Byzantine Emperor and all of a sudden, deciding to abandon everything and become a monk in a monastery.

Today is Good Friday, when Christians commemorate the crucifixion of Christ. With the markets closed in observance, I thought ...

Judas Iscariot's death is told in two conflicting Bible accounts—one of remorse and hanging, the other of a gruesome fall in ...

On a riverside in eastern Austria sat a mysterious set of ruins. Some believed it to be an abandoned, run-down castle. Others ...

Hundreds of once-missing artifacts, hunted down over decades by a special Italian police unit, have been unveiled for the first time in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

Once looted from tombs, hidden in homes, and trafficked across borders, the precious artefacts that were stolen from Italy’s ancient past have been recovered and are on show for the world to see once ...