To fully understand the human dimension and tough character of Fernando Filoni, this is enough: when he served as nuncio in ...

It reminded someone so much of cities they had seen in the west that it was coined "the Manhattan of the Desert".

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a ...

British anthropologist Dr Paul Warner claims to have found the body of Jesus Christ and the Ark of the Covenant in a hidden ...

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

The burial chamber — which was found in January and features many decorated rooms and mudbrick vaults — is the second major ...

Ancient Athens had its own "Great Wall" like China's, built to stop raids during the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC).

Watch as we construct a stunning double-story mud villa, using ancient building techniques ... defense battalion out of the Pacific to the Middle East. It took over 70 flights, commander says.

The arid Southwest has a proven irrigation model, the acequia, for water use that is local, democratic, and resilient to heat ...

Jewish Ritual Bath: Archaeologists uncovered what may be the oldest existing example in the ancient Roman world of a mikvah. They have tentatively dated the structure to the late fourth or early ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...