One of the things I never wrapped my head around was how the Roman Republic managed to conquer the mighty city-states and ...

Long before Romans or Greeks, ancient seafarers from the Near East founded ports across Spain and the wider Mediterranean. With their own records lost and history written by rivals, this episode ...

( NewsNation) — A Bethlehem grotto is to be restored for the first time in 600 years. Restoration of the Grotto of the ...

The transformation of the Roman Empire into what modern historians call Byzantium was not a single event but a gradual ...

Cardinal Krajewski rejects a medal, saying all Catholics aiding Ukraine amid war and freezing attacks deserve it ...

Plus, what they mean and where they're from.

In this installment of NPR's "Word of the Week" series we trace the origins of the "cravat" (borrowed from the French ...

One of the top designers of his era, Italy's elegance aficionado Valentino Garavani spent nearly half a century dressing the world's great beauties, from Jackie Kennedy to Princess Diana before his ...

The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has filed a report with the Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Greece concerning the visit of Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz, who is in the country for official ...

He traveled to Ukraine 10 times under Pope Francis' pontificate to distribute help and to "embrace" the Ukrainians and bring them comfort from the Holy Father.

The historical evidence shows that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime explicitly used a distorted, “Aryan” image of Jesus ...

In a week filled with news about President Donald Trump's aggressive moves to take control of Greenland, the world got a window into his thinking about the concept of "peace." ...