Vendors in Indonesia sold keychains and fans bearing his image. A message board to the late pope was covered in writings from ...

Pope Francis’ image seemed to be everywhere Friday as the world mourned his death in Rome at the age of 88. Artists created ...

The Basilica of St. Clement in Rome. Credit: Ninfamania / Wikimedia Commons At a time when Christianity was still struggling to consolidate itself against old pagan beliefs, a pope named after a Roman ...

New, almost life-size statues discovered in a necropolis in Pompeii. Details about the possible Roman priestess.

Ongoing digs at a Roman villa in the town of Villajoyosa in Spain have revealed more than 4,000 fragments of wall paintings that once adorned the stately residence. The Roman villa of Barberes Sud ...

In the hands of Baroque painters, the Genesis account of Isaac, Jacob, and Rebekah becomes more than a tale of deception — it ...

The ancient Greeks considered Dionysus the 12th Olympic god. He was not taken seriously by his father Zeus nor by most of the ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

More than 100 horses from a Roman cavalry unit found in Stuttgart. Credit: Landesamt für Denkmalpflege im Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart / ArchaeoBW Archaeologists from the State Office for Monument ...

who felt that using his birth name – Mercurius – was inappropriate because of its association with the Roman god Mercury. He chose John II in honor of his predecessor, Pope John I, the 53rd ...

A father and son’s school holiday fishing trip has become a moment they’ll “never forget” after the pair were joined by a very friendly dolphin. Ricky and Noah Plant were casting their ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, 21 April, 2025, having been recently discharged from hospital after five weeks of treatment for an infection. The time of death has been reported as 07:35 on ...