Explore the complex religious life of ancient Rome, where religion played a vital role. Explore the complex religious life of ancient Rome, where religion played a vital role in the political, social, ...

Christianity is just one chapter in the Eternal City’s rich spiritual history. Judaism, Islam and ancient Roman religions are also a big part of the picture. The Temple of Hercules Victor, above, is ...

Chickens are one of the most common animals on earth. Relatives of the dinosaurs still around today, these birds have spread to almost every continent in the world (except Antarctica) and reside in ...

Italian archaeologists recently made a surprising religious discovery in an unusual location: an Ancient Roman bath complex. The Appian Way Regional Park, an urban park in Rome, announced the ...

The ancient people of Carthage, located in modern Tunisia, did not have ancestry in common with the Levantine Phoenicians that established their culture, according to a new study. J. M. W. Turner, The ...