Rome's Gammarelli tailors traditionally prepare the vestments for the new pope, but this time say they have not been asked by the Vatican. Store owner Lorenzo Gammarelli thinks the Vatican will choose ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

Interested in more Ancient Roman history? See our Colosseum Tour ... The Pantheon is considered a holy place. Men should wear slacks, and women should wear slacks or skirts below the knee. Shoulders ...

The Bible doesn’t describe Jesus being nailed to a cross. Telling the story of Christ’s death, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John ...

A University of Michigan-led study suggests that Homo sapiens may have benefitted from the use of ochre and tailored clothing during a period of increased UV light 41,000 years ago, during the ...

If you want a name that carries with it the weight of history, why not consider one from Ancient Rome? These Ancient Roman names have been carried by all manner of gods and goddesses, emperors ...

The Late Antique Little Ice Age lasted 200-300 years, and began around 540 CE. 31,560 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?31,560 people played the daily ...

Roman ships equipped with bronze rams sank dozens of Carthaginian ships during a major naval battle in 241 BCE – now we know ...

The ancient Romans were pioneers in many aspects of medicine, but their treatments and surgeries were often painful, gruesome, and dangerous by modern standards. Without formal medical regulations, ...

Human beings have long harnessed the natural world’s power. The ancient Roman engineer Vitruvius famously described how a water mill worked. “... at one end of the axle, a toothed drum is fixed.

Renovations on a soccer field outside of Vienna, Austria, uncovered a Roman-era mass grave that held the remains of roughly 150 males. Experts believe the site was likely a battlefield where a ...