Hadrian’s Wall — a 73-mile construction across northern Britain that marked the frontier of the Roman Empire — is no stranger to penis imagery. The nearly 2,000-year-old example of Roman engineering ...

In this three-hour Ancient Rome tour, we will look closely at this period and how ... the story of the Caesars and their political adventures at the turn of the millennium, the intersection of art and ...

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

Whether you’re a believer or not, visiting Hagia Sophia is a spiritual experience. The architectural genius of this place of ...

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

New, almost life-size statues discovered in a necropolis in Pompeii. Details about the possible Roman priestess.

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

Pope Francis is dead at 88. His legacy includes an embrace of contemporary art, such as the first papal visit to the Venice ...

The Vatican Library will host exhibitions combining old and new that reflect Pope Francis's progressive appeals on climate ...

Against the ancient backdrop of Rome’s Colosseum, thousands gathered Friday evening for the solemn Via Crucis procession, where Cardinal Baldassare Reina carried the cross on behalf of Pope ...

noted that this angle of looking at ancient Mediterranean art is often overlooked. “I think, in popular media, everything we see is often saturated with the regular human forms in Aegean art, Greek ...

Walnuts, whose shells were frequently found in excavated layers, were among the most accessible nuts in ancient Rome. Romans valued them for their high fat content and long shelf life. Walnut ...