When pilgrims gather in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 19 to witness the canonization of Blessed Bartolo Longo, along with six ...

Grave goods buried with the dead, such as jewelry and weapons, could be relics of paganism that remained as Christianity rose ...

Columbus statues became a battleground during the racial justice protests of 2020. More than 30 were dismantled nationwide, ...

Archaeologists have discovered the exceptionally well-preserved remains of two men scalded to death by the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, the Italian ...

If you asked most people what happened to Pompeii after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, many would say that life completely stopped until the 16th century, based on widespread images of preserved ...

Excerpted with permission from the publisher Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global,‎ Laura Spinney, published by ‎William Collins.

Stone Age tools discovered at a burial site reveal that those ancient communities valued more than men who hunted - they cared about everyone ...

Why are archaeologists constructing a thirteenth-century fortress in the forests of France?

As many as 30,000 Romans fled the ruined region in A.D. 79. But some returned, a new study reveals, and the city limped on as a fragile, ashen shantytown.

Archaeologists think the bench may have been used by visitors who came to meet with the villa's owner. Archaeological Park of Pompeii At the entrance of a famous villa in Pompeii, researchers have ...

A Phoenix church has been fielding phone calls from people who mistakenly think Charlie Kirk is being buried there, according to its pastor. Kirk is not being buried at First United Methodist Church ...