Today, AD joins architect Nick Potts in London to uncover the city’s ancient Roman origins. Before London, there was Londinium, the capital of Roman Britain, and although it was abandoned by AD 450, ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

Faithful and nuns gather by the statue of Pope Pius IX, inside in St. Mary Major basilica, where Pope Francis will be buried, ...

Archaeologists solved the mystery of the ruins of the Desolate Castle, determining that the mysterious site on the Danube ...

After 12 years as the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis died early this morning at the age of 88.

Take the fast train from Lecce to Rome and you’ll see buildings recede, replaced by sea, shore and countryside.

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

Archaeologists in Agrigento, Sicily just unearthed an ancient classroom where students listened to lectures more than 2,000 ...

Hurston wasn’t drowning in the pelagic waters of tragedy; instead, she was refining the stories that ethnic groups had created, revised, and transmitted. She surely would have agreed with William ...

The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season heads to Bristol, Tennessee, for the Food City 500 this weekend after the Goodyear 400 at Darlington. The Bristol spring event will be contested over 500 laps at ...

The King and Queen were formally welcomed to Italy this morning with full pomp and ceremony - and a stunning city-wide flypast ... once bustling heart of ancient Rome was largely destroyed by ...

Charles and Camilla began their day in the Italian capital with a welcome ceremony full ... Rome’s history and the Colosseum’s restoration, as they looked at the ruins of the Roman Forum ...