News from Florence that Michelangelo's freshly conserved Tomb in the basilica of Santa Croce in Florence has been presented to the public. The 100,000 EUR project, completed to mark the artist's 550th ...

Dating to the Middle Ages and popularized in the 16th century, the chain of beads that comprises a rosary is one of the most ...

A video purporting to show a 200-foot statue of Jesus Christ being built on the White House lawn went viral on social media. The TikTok video fooled many while others picked up on clues that the ...

Credit: Myrabella / Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When the Vatican appointed the great sculptor, painter, and architect Michelangelo to rebuild St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, he wanted it to be on a Greek ...

We now share a special bond with our Holy Father, Pope Francis, through the Basilica Churches in Rome." The word "basilica" comes from a Greek term that means "royal house," Pothier said.

Rio's iconic "Christ the Redeemer" statue was reportedly lit up in his honor. Read more: 'My real dream is just to play tennis,' Joao Fonseca says after winning his first ATP title in Buenos Aires ...

(8 things people get wrong about ancient Rome.) A reconstruction of the consulting ... with the cult of Jupiter Dolichenus, and a statue of Hermarchus, a Greek Epicurean philosopher.

One of the city’s most significant claims to fame is the epic sculpture by famed Renaissance artist Michelangelo: The Statue of David. Krikkiat via Shutterstock.com. Michelangelo’s David began with ...

Conan O’Brien and Oscar, the Academy Award statuette, are giving new meaning to the wedding vow “for better or worse.” It appears the pair, who were bound by matrimony in a playful new ...

The investigation, led by the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, the country’s arts and culture police, and coordinated with the Rome prosecutor’s office, started ...

They’ll be featured in an upcoming show, titled “Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine,” slated to open next month at the Muscarelle Museum of Art at William & Mary in Williamsburg ...