As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology ...

Ancient Greek philosopher Protagoras, a religious skeptic, faced exile and burning of writings after questioning the ...

Prominent Christian apologist Wes Huff recently dismissed an ancient Egyptian papyrus that has gone viral this week amid a ...

Studio Strato worked with artists Clementine Keith-Roach and Christopher Page to design Bar Far, an immersive temporary bar ...

Pope Leo XIV closed the door at St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2026, just days into the new year. The act formally brought ...

Ancient names like Dylan, Atlas, Odin, Orion, Apollo, Jason, Adonis and Ares consistently rank well in the United States.

ROME, Jan 13 (Reuters) - An ancient Roman home more than 2,000 years old has opened to the public, but its spectacular mosaics, frescoes and stucco decorations will be accessible only via remote and ...

Jemima McPhee receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often ...

Vivid scenes of battlefield decapitations and female prisoners dragged off by their hair, carved into the 1,840-year-old marble Column of Marcus Aurelius towering over central Rome, are being brought ...

Archaeologists working at an excavation site in Pompeii have uncovered new evidence that helps explain why ancient Roman buildings have lasted for thousands of years. The discovery points to a special ...

Sediments from a Roman latrine at Vindolanda show soldiers were infected with multiple intestinal parasites, including roundworm, whipworm, and Giardia — the first time Giardia has been identified in ...