According to Greek tradition, Odysseus had a son named Latinus who ruled over the Etruscans. Was he the King Latinus of Virgil's Aeneid?

Five paddlers journeyed from Taiwan to Japan’s southern Yonaguni Island in 45 hours. Their efforts provide new insights into ...

Cimon was a statesman and general who died conquering the Persians in Cyprus, but his men abandoned the siege to give him a ...

Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man is a mysterious treasure of Renaissance art. A dentist believes he may have uncovered one ...

Mary may have come into contact with Jesus because of his healing powers. “Seven demons had gone out of her,” says Luke (Luke 8:2). Some scholars believe that the Magdalene may be the same ...

Yes, Nautilus is inspired by Jules Verne’s iconic 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. However, instead of a ...

I thought it was entertaining, but it wasn't true,” says the doc maker of the 2007 film starring Denzel Washington.

The young conqueror fell suddenly and fatally ill at an all-night feast. Now, a Stanford historian has found a potential ...

In "Gladiator II," much fuss is made about the parentage of Lucius Verus. But who was actually the father of the real-life ...

Werner Herzog had never even seen a movie until he was 11. Now 82, the visionary director is working constantly, still making ...

Westchester County is mourning the loss of local legend Herman S. Geist, a World War II hero, legal trailblazer, and the ...

The new Harry, Ron and Hermione have all been cast. Dominic McLaughlin will portray The Boy Who Lived, Harry Potter himself. Alastair Stout will play Harry’s best friend Ronald Weasley and ...