Rocks from Greenland found on Iceland's west coast could link the late Roman Empire's fall to a spell of sudden climate ...

The first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting animals has been found in skeletal remains from England ...

As tradition dictates, the late pontiff’s signet ring will be destroyed — or defaced, at least — within the walls of the ...

The last pope to die during his tenure was Pope John Paul II in 2005. Here's what happened in the days and weeks that ...

Books with furry covers are indicative of medieval monks’ role in international trade, researchers said. Lévêque, et al (2025) Royal Society Open Science At the end of the ninth century, a group of ...

When I moved to Washington and started working in DC’s West End, every day for our lunch break a coworker and I would pick a direction and start exploring. One day, we found ourselves on a less ...

offers new evidence about the intensity and scope of the Late Antique Little Ice Age, a climatic episode that occurred in the 6th century and may have played a key role in the collapse of the Roman ...