The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa transforms a Spanish nun, mystic, and writer, into one of the most famous emblems of the ...

A Neolithic-era pit unearthed in Pieria in Northern Greece sheds light on the eating habits of early inhabitants.

Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...

The 3,000-year-old clay figurine was crude and partially done and was found as part of a submerged village beneath the volcanic Lake Bolsena in Italy.

A birthday cake had lit candles around it, with each candle representing a year of the celebrant’s life. The celebrant blows ...

Gavrilyuk believes that the joint declaration on deification, which is being organized by both IOTA and the Angelicum, is ...

New research suggests the engraving, which shows an elite individual sitting in a boat, may be up to 5,100 years old ...

Poseidon, the Greek god of the seas, was originally a Minoan deity called Poteidan or Potidas. What do we know about this ...

There are more than 50 theories for the function of this 12-sided, pentagonal-faced bronze object — but archaeologists have never quite figured it out.