Roman Mejia, a New York City Ballet principal, shows how bravura and subtlety can exist side by side in a season that includes a sparkling “Apollo” debut.

History reminds us that when Christianity is captured by empire, it may flourish in power but withers in spirit.

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth century, and with a history surrounded in myth, legend and controversy, it ...

Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries and created a ...

The animosity between Jews, Persians/Iranians and Muslims has not always been so. In fact, had it not been for the latter, ...

And if Trump wanted to be Emperor of America, there is no better Roman emperor for Trump to emulate than Emperor Caligula, ...

Historians have long believed that ancient humans fought animals in arena battles, but no definitive evidence has been found ...

Archaeological find in Gloucester: 317 skeletons and Roman mosaics under old warehouse reveal 2,000 years of hidden British urban history.

As one of the largest Roman theaters ... as the center of an empire, and the role of city-making in history. Our path will follow, roughly, a kind of monumental way envisioned by Augustus when ...

The pieces in this exhibition convey a great sense of what it must have been like to encounter these works in their ...

Geological evidence off the coast of Iceland suggests climate change as a key factor in the decline of the Roman Empire.

A new study has revealed that Thetford in East Anglia stayed Pagan much longer than historians once believed. Jewelry from a Roman treasure hoard found in Thetford Forest suggests that Pagan practices ...