A trio of researchers has found evidence of the impact of the Late Antique Little Ice Age on Iceland almost 1,500 years ago.

About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.

A recent study from Oxford and Warsaw Universities offers a fresh perspective on the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire. Contrary to the popular belief that climate change and the Justinianic Plague ...

Peter was the first pontiff of the Catholic church, and several popes have been considered "great" in the interim.

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

The deceased were interred there in several ways, including funerary urns set within about 20 plastered niches cut into the walls ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

Gold is prized for its beauty and rarity but it is also indestructible, the same piece changing forms through history and ...

The 8,000-year-old tradition took root in France around the sixth century B.C. when the southern Gauls were settled by the Greeks, later to be encapsulated in the Roman Empire. Now, archaeologists ...

Popes have largely come from Italy, with a few others from France, Germany, and Portugal. Three have come from Africa Proconsularis.

The Mirror and the Light Season 1 Episode 4, “Jenneke.”] Thomas Cromwell, a prominent figure in King Henry VIIIs ...