One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

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

In the final stage of his earthly journey, Pope Francis Saturday was entombed in the papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major as a ...

A newly discovered altar buried near the center of the ancient Maya city of Tikal is providing fresh insight into the ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, will host its grand opening on July 3, ...

There are very few remains of ancient ships, except in one unusual place: the Black Sea has a unique environment that ...

A 1,900-year-old Roman horse cemetery has been uncovered in Stuttgart, Germany, shedding light on ancient military practices ...

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning at the Vatican. Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Joseph Farrell was seen sealing the door to ...

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

In this three-hour Ancient Rome tour, we will look closely at this period and how, under the influence of the first emperors, Rome rapidly developed into one of the greatest capitals of the ancient ...

The museum’s construction has been such a fiasco — mired by funding lapses, logistical hurdles, a pandemic, nearby wars, ...

Archaeologists solved the mystery of the ruins of the Desolate Castle, determining that the mysterious site on the Danube ...