Many North African countries are seeing a surge in tourism numbers due to the unique travelling experiences - but Brits are ...

While being the supreme high priest of about 1.4 billion Roman Catholics, and the monarch of the sovereign State of the Vatican of some 109 acres, Papa Francisco pulled down all parochial borders ...

“The biggest mistake in the movie was the admission of a cardinal in pectore into the conclave,” said Reese. “If the name is ...

Researchers compared the markings found on an ancient skeleton in England to bones that had been chewed on by cheetahs, lions ...

After an earthquake damaged a city hall in Croatia, renovation work on the building’s basement unearthed the ruins of an ancient Roman theater. Photo from Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and ...

Excavated from a nearly 2,000-year-old villa in Valencia, Spain, the broken-up murals once formed fresco decor ...

Tales of gladiators going head-to-head with ferocious lions in ancient Rome’s coliseum are legendary. Scenes of such deadly combat have been portrayed in stories, paintings, and mosaics (a Man versus ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...