While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

This was the most sacred of antiquity’s seven hills, and in the Imperial Age (27 B.C.-A.D. 476) the Temple ... heights, ancient travelers gazed at a rich urban tapestry below. Rome was the ...

By Joshua Hammer Photographs by Ekin Özbi̇çer The city gate of Ariassos, one of several ancient ... A ruined temple in Adada, one of several dedicated to emperors or Greek, Roman or Greco ...

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed off on the WPA helping to build the structures where the story of Jesus would be ...

Against the ancient backdrop of Rome’s Colosseum, thousands gathered Friday evening for the solemn Via Crucis procession, ...

When digging through the rubble of an ancient church foundation, archaeologists found something unexpected. As crews in Rome ...

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 ...

The seven Roman churches in the pilgrimage include the four papal basilicas: St. Peter’s Basilica, the Basilica of St. John ...

Photos show the ancient Roman structure. Photo from H. Wraunek, Land NÖ via the Austrian Academy of Sciences On a riverside in eastern Austria sat a mysterious set of ruins. Some believed it to ...

Tax dodging is as old as taxation itself, but these particular offenses were considered so serious under Roman law that penalties ranged from heavy fines and permanent exile to hard labor in the salt ...