Jewelry in a Roman treasure hoard found in Thetford Forest, East Anglia, indicates that Thetford was Pagan until the fifth ...

BCE is the traditional date of the founding of Rome. What does archaeology reveal about when it was really founded?

Soar above the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, one of Rome’s four major papal basilicas. This drone footage captures the grandeur of its 5th-century architecture, the intricate mosaics, and the ...

The Romans famously claimed to be descended from the Trojans, but does this legend have any basis in actuality?

Pope Clement XIV is also buried in the Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles in Rome.

A skeleton recovered from a Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators ...

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

From that period on, we have burials scattered throughout the churches of Rome, and then from the end of the fifth century until the 10th century, burials mainly at St. Peter’s.” Several popes ...

The Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, which Pope Francis chose as his final resting place, is a fifth-century church located in the centre of Rome that already holds the tombs of seven popes.

As early as 2015, Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. He was so devoted ...

As early as 2015, Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. He was so devoted ...