Before the first breath of creation stirred the cosmic waters, before gods had names and forms, before time had even begun to ...

In Homer’s Odyssey, the episode of the witch Circe is one of the most deliciously intriguing of the epic. She is often ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the head of an ancient deity during excavations at the Basilica of St. Stephen on Caelian Hill ...

The ring at the center of The Lord of the Rings, the classic fantasy epic by J.R.R. Tolkien, may have been inspired by an ancient Roman artifact currently on display in a Tudor mansion in England.

The Appian Way Regional Park in Rome announced its recent farewell to a “beautiful” stone head dating back to antiquity. It ...

The Roman Empire had two main populations: gods and humans. By its end, there was only one god left. How, and why, did he reign supreme?