Are you not entertained? Films set in Ancient Rome deliver spectacle, silliness – and lots of men in leather skirts. These ...

Ancient Greeks prepared Roman gladiators for violent contests, although these were quite different from the Olympics the ...

researchers were able to see inside the mummies in the Chicago Field Museum's collections. Their findings paint a more comprehensive picture of ancient Egyptian life ...

More than a century ago, the scientist Alfred Wegener proposed the notion of an ancient supercontinent, which he named Pangaea (sometimes spelled Pangea), after putting together several lines of ...

One can say that the "litany" is an ancient component of Christian prayer, incorporated into the Divine Liturgy, the liturgy of the Daily Hours (collected in a Service Book called the Menaion), and in ...

Nov. 7, 2024 — Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected ...