Many of the greatest wonders of times past were discovered by accident. French soldiers stumbled across the Rosetta Stone in ...

Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. On his first papal trip, he went to the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good ...

Ancient myths and legends have fascinated artists and writers long after the civilizations that produced them collapsed. For ...

According to Roman mythology, what was the origin of the Latin alphabet? What was its alleged connection to the script of the Greeks?

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Last year, construction workers found an "exceptionally preserved" ancient Roman marble statue in Bulgaria. Other ancient statues have also been found in recent months. In January, a 2,000-year-old ...

The Appian Way Regional Park in Rome announced its recent farewell to a “beautiful” stone head dating back to antiquity. It was discovered during the excavation of a fifth-century basilica.

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Pope Victor I (L), Pope Gelasius I and Pope Miltiades (R) are all believed to be of North African descent Now predominantly Muslim, North Africa was once a Christian heartland, producing Catholic ...

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