Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

ANALYSIS: New discoveries in archaeology are overturning the assumptions that used to be made about a woman’s place in ...

The diocese will be opening its parishes and homes to travelers — especially for the Jubilee of Teenagers, which will ...

Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.

VIENNA -- As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an ...

April Fools’ practices date at least back to Renaissance Europe, and probably before. The holiday could be tied to the ...

Here’s the history of April Fools’ Day and which restaurants are running April Fools' Day price cuts instead of pranks today, Tuesday, April 1.

Recreate the Roman sweet made with dates, once enjoyed during Colosseum shows, with this authentic ancient recipe.

The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom in the temple of Philae is the last known use of hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt, but why did they ...

From its origins — whether in Ancient Rome, medieval England, or Renaissance Europe — to today, April Fools' Day has always ...

Archeologists recently uncovered an historic 1,600-year-old Jewish bath known as a mikveh in Ostia Antica, the archaeological ...

Nowruz dates back over 3,000 years and has its roots in the ancient Persian Empire and the Zoroastrian calendar. For Zoroastrians, Nowruz marks the creation of the world (Giti) and humankind.