Unable to attend the Good Friday ceremony in person for the third consecutive year, the pope offered deep meditations for the ...

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

When digging through the rubble of an ancient church foundation, archaeologists found something unexpected. As crews in Rome ...

The unexpected discovery of Greenland rocks in Iceland hints that a centuries-long cold snap may have helped finish off the Western Roman Empire.

When Giovanni Torlonia and his son Alessandro were building the collection, it was common practice to repair ancient statuary ...

Pope Francis has missed this year's Good Friday procession in Rome, as he recovers from double pneumonia. Thousands of ...

The seven Roman churches in the pilgrimage include the four papal basilicas: St. Peter’s Basilica, the Basilica of St. John ...

Although the team obviously can’t tie zircon minerals to the Roman Empire’s collapse, their lengthy migration inside frozen ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a remarkably well-preserved dog from ancient Rome – and the discovery highlights the prevalence of ritual sacrifice in antiquity. The excavation ...

Tariffs of 25% in ancient Rome led to the rise of black markets—a potential challenge for the Trump administration too.

Rome, with a population of around 75 million, had an average income equivalent to about 2.25 times the subsistence minimum — ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a remarkably well-preserved dog from ancient Rome – and the discovery highlights the prevalence of ritual sacrifice in antiquity. The excavation ...