The Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus (lived circa 330 to 395) claimed in his book "Res Gestae" (Latin for "things done" ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s ...

"The implications of our multidisciplinary study are huge," said study lead author and anthropologist professor Tim Thompson.

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...

For most humans who have breathed Earth's air over the course of history, our deaths have disappeared from record, as ...

Pope Francis' passion for soccer was evident throughout his pontificate. But Francis, who died Monday at 88, also turned to ...

Swathes of Filipinos and foreign tourists flocked to the northern village of San Pedro Cutud in the Philippines to witness ...

It’s striking to compare the radical departure in Jesus Christ’s message from the kingdom of domination, intimidation and ...