The discovery of coins and jewelry in the Czech Republic worth up to $680,000 raises a tantalizing mystery for historians and ...

The English countryside is full of historic and beautiful wonders, especially this scenic area that Rick Steves loves to ...

The Hispanic Society Museum and Library's ultra-rare Black Book of Hours is the recipient of this year's TEFAF Museum ...

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth century, and with a history surrounded in myth, legend and controversy, it ...

Sifting through the damp soil of the southwestern United Kingdom, archaeologists slowly unearthed an ancient Roman settlement. The ruins seemed “typical” at first — but then “something more unusual” ...

The Louisiana State Museum has opened an exhibition at the Presbytère, honoring the contributions of women who helped shape Mardi Gras into the cultural experience it is now, featuring costumes, ...

Archaeological find in Gloucester: 317 skeletons and Roman mosaics under old warehouse reveal 2,000 years of hidden British urban history.

Valerie Crosswhite, a student in the M.S. in Nonprofit Management program, shares her journey and goals as cofounder of New ...

With the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE, Rome entered a period of political upheaval settled only when Caesar's nephew Octavian defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra, took control of the Empire ... As ...

The pieces in this exhibition convey a great sense of what it must have been like to encounter these works in their ...

Researchers compared the markings found on an ancient skeleton in England to bones that had been chewed on by cheetahs, lions ...

A new study has revealed that Thetford in East Anglia stayed Pagan much longer than historians once believed. Jewelry from a Roman treasure hoard found in Thetford Forest suggests that Pagan practices ...