The mere mention of Leonardo da Vinci evokes genius. We know him as a polymath whose interests spanned astronomy, geology, hydrology, engineering and physics. As a painter, his Mona Lisa and Last ...

The Mona Lisa continues to captivate the world with its secrets. Every new study raises more questions than answers, keeping ...

A rare portrait by Bernardino de’ Conti, a peer of Leonardo da Vinci, set a record at Sotheby's Master Paintings auction.

Alexander the Great is one of the most famous generals of the ancient world. By the age of 32 he had conquered a massive empire that stretched from the Balkans to modern-day Pakistan. We know ...

Leonardo da Vinci's famous 15th-century work, "The Last Supper" (or “Il Cenacolo” in Italian) lies inside Milan's Santa Maria delle Grazie church. Depicting the moment that Christ tells his ...

as sources tell Deadline that 20th Century has come on to the project with Leonardo DiCaprio in talks to star and Martin Scorsese in talks to direct. DiCaprio and Scorsese would also produce along ...

In 1460, Francesco Sforza, the duke of Milan, decided he required a royal residence. He seized upon the ruins of a medieval fortress in northern Italy and over the next few years, oversaw its ...

Anyway, scholars believe 'Jesus Christ' might not be the lord's name at all, with historians citing that the Son of God's name would have been in his native language of Aramaic, which doesn't sound ...

Jesus's real name may not have been Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ's real name was most likely Yeshu Nazareen, according to language and phonetic experts, as cited in a New York Post report.

"Jesus" with a hard "j" did not exist during the time when he lived. It came into existence, 1,500 years after his death. Image: Pexels Going by this theory, Jesus would have gone by Yeshua or ...

Scientists say that the name of Christianity’s central figure wasn’t originally Jesus Christ — he went by another title in his mother tongue that’s nothing like today’s iteration ...