Bronze Age cymbals found in Oman reveal how music united ancient cultures across trade routes, ceremonies, and rituals.

A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience. The Oxyrhynchus Hymn is the ...

Music is an important part of many religious ceremonies by lifting spirits and often being the prayer itself. NBC’s Anne ...

Archaeologists have made two extraordinary discoveries in the Italian town of Agrigento on Sicily's southwest coast. During ...

Enter to win a pair of tickets to the restored and remixed screening of the groundbreaking concert film, Pink Floyd at ...

For two electrifying days between June 13 and 14, Italy’s ancient town of Fano will transform into a vibrant festival ...

Ms. Cargill-Martin is a writer and classical scholar. The ascendant right wing loves ancient Rome. Its adherents love its glories. They love its ideals of hard, unbending masculinity. And they ...

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility cult. The statue decorated the façade of a monumental tomb dedicated ...

Archaeologists believe they have uncovered evidence of an ancient biblical battle, all thanks to a few broken fragments found in a curious location. The artifacts, which mostly consist of Egyptian ...

Now, a farmer is reviving this ancient "superfood". It's a hot and muggy summer day in Sicily's Madonie mountains, a rugged range of ridges about 65km east of Palermo. In a field of ash trees ...

Roman historian Tacitus' ancient manuscripts called Annals have surfaced online. They discuss the persecution of Christians and mention Jesus Christ. Tacitus references Jesus' crucifixion by ...

Ancient manuscripts detailing the events during the Roman Empire are believed to contain 'first hand' evidence about the life and death of Jesus Christ. The Annals, written by the Roman historian ...