Easter is the most important festival of the Christian calendar, and so it is unsuprising that most of England’s ...

The funeral Mass for Pope Francis has concluded at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican City. Cortege wound its way through the centre of the Eternal City to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, where ...

Tens of thousands of people have turned out to see Pope Francis at a public viewing platform in St Peter's Basilica, where he ...

For nearly two decades, millions of Italians, and thousands of Jews, believed in Benito Mussolini as the man to make things ...

Cherubini’s remains were identified in December by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. He was 22 years old at the time of ...

This simple drink made from water and vinegar was a lifesaver for Roman soldiers during wartime. Access to clean water was ...

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

Using tree-ring data from ancient oaks, the team reconstructed rainfall levels in southern Britain during the years preceding ...

The skeleton was excavated from Driffield Terrace, one of the most significant Roman-era burial sites in Britain.

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.

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of ...