The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of crypts, ...

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In a landmark project, scientists use AI and X-rays to uncover texts of ancient Herculaneum scrolls buried by the eruption of ...

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Rome was famous for rejecting the idea of kingship. For almost 500 years, Rome was a staunch Republic, with rules in place to ...

'Ecce Homo' (Behold the Man), by 19th-century painter Antonio Ciseri, depicts Pontius Pilate presenting Jesus to a crowd in Jerusalem. Tungsten/Galleria d'Arte Moderna via Wikimedia Commons ...

Ange Postecoglou is not happy with the football gods (Bradley Collyer/PA) Ange Postecoglou cursed the “football gods” after Tottenham spurned several second-half chances in a 1-1 home draw ...

Q: What are we to make of the different forms of the liturgy within the Roman Rite? A: Last week, I covered the Eastern Churches and Rites, but what about the different Rites that seem to exist within ...

While earlier episodes covered pre-Greek Roman religion and the adoption of Greek gods, this installment dives into how Roman rulers were deified—and how their approach to God-Emperors differed ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that sheds light on a little-known ice age that may have contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire. "Unusual rocks," discovered in Iceland, are believed to ...

Space Systems Command, which oversees the military's launch program, announced Monday that it is reassigning the launch of a Global Positioning System satellite from ULA's Vulcan rocket to SpaceX ...