To be eligible to participate in the conclave, members of the College of Cardinals have to be under 80 years old. This means ...

A Sonoma County program to honor those who died without means celebrated its third year with a moving memorial over the ...

There's been a "very exciting development" in the two-year-old Vesuvius Challenge, an effort to decode ancient scrolls ...

The title and author of a charred scroll recovered from Herculaneum have been identified by researchers. The ancient Roman town of Herculaneum was encased in volcanic ash following the 79 CE eruption ...

At the heart of Venice’s globally renowned St. Mark's Square sits Biblioteca Marciana, a library filled with the ghosts of a ...

Stonehenge, the famous megalith in Wiltshire, England has puzzled experts for centuries. Even today, it presents more ...

A sealed Herculaneum scroll yields its secrets—revealing a lost philosophical treatise by Philodemus through virtual ...

The southern corroboree frog is an iconic species in Australia. The tiny frog is known for the striking yellow and black ...

OK, I admit I may not remember where my car is parked, but I sure recall my grade school planetarium field trips like they just occurred. These were some ...

Before Heilung, God Of War, and the endless onslaught of Viking TV shows, Wardruna were the force reviving Nordic traditions for the modern age. Headed by Einar Selvik, the band adapt ancient themes ...

The animosity between Jews, Persians/Iranians and Muslims has not always been so. In fact, had it not been for the latter, ...

While wars throughout history often bear distinctive names or are associated with specific dates, the systematic naming of wars and military operations is a ...