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

The head of the basilica that is housing Pope Francis's tomb says it reflects his “humble, simple and essential" life.

A video showing a Holy Week procession at the Santa Maria de Gracia church in Cartagena, in the Murcia region of Spain, was ...

The decision by Pope Francis to break with tradition and be buried at the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome rather ...

In Palma, Spain, an elderly woman declared dead at Juan March de Buñvola Hospital showed signs of life before burial, highlighting the need for thorough death verification ...

Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...

Nevada has a secret it’s been keeping from the rest of America. While everyone else is fighting for elbow room at the Las Vegas buffets, there’s a whole state of quirky, character-filled small towns ...

In southern Peru’s Atico River Valley, archaeologists have unearthed a large tomb filled with the battle-scarred skeletons of 24 women, men and children. Interred in various stone enclosures, the two ...

Ongoing digs at a Roman villa in the town of Villajoyosa in Spain, have revealed more than 4,000 fragments of wall paintings.