Egyptian archaeologists have discovered tombs dating back to the New Kingdom period (1550–1070 B.C.) and identified the names ...

Who were the women who inhabited ancient Pompeii? A new exhibition of art, objects, and personal testimonies has the answers.

Archaeologists uncovered murals of Joseph and Jesus in a newly found 6th-century building, revealing deep spiritual roots in ...

In this 1966 photo released by the El Salvador School, Argentine seminarian Jorge Mario Bergoglio smiles for a portrait at the El Salvador school where he taught literature and psychology, in ...

Pope Francis, who passed away earlier this week at age 88, made history when he was elected pope. Not only was he the first Jesuit pope, he was the first pope from South America—the first pope ...

Born in 1936, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope on March 13, 2013, making him the first pope from the Americas. Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected to lead the Catholic Church ...

Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images Pope Francis addresses the crowd from the main balcony of St. Peter’s basilica during the Urbi et Orbi message and blessing to the city and the world as part ...

Life on board the International Space Station ... "The voting clerks love getting pictures of crew voting on board," Marta Durham, a former NASA flight operations Instructor, told "Houston ...

Michael Tighe/Donaldson Collection, via Getty Images Supported by Val Kilmer ... Here are some snapshots from his life and career. Cher and Kilmer in 1984, the same year he made his feature ...

An Egyptian proposal to end renewed fighting in Gaza would see five living hostages released on the first day of the restored ceasefire, with another five living hostages released every 7-10 days ...

James Earl Carter, known as Jimmy throughout his life, was born on Oct. 1 ... Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat signed it and shook hands at the White ...

She has been scrambling to glean scraps of information on her husband, an Egyptian who has been facing ... where he faces a life sentence for his role in pro-democracy protests in 2011 and 2014.