Romei (pilgrims to Rome) crammed the ancient city’s hotels and hostels, seminaries, convents and monasteries. To relieve the congestion and help keep hotel rates from going higher than the ...

Historians who’ve researched the origins of antisemitism say it goes way back. Anti Jewish sentiment traces to the ancients.

language and religion than their genes. Scientists examined ancient DNA to trace the ancestry of the people of Carthage, a powerful Phoenician colony in modern-day Tunisia and one of ancient Rome ...

The Forum in Rome. Why are we obsessed with ancient Rome? Getty Images “Whenever we utter the words of religion, politics and public life”, Cazzullo writes, “we are unknowingly paying tribu ...

A recent study analyzes the attempt by the Roman emperor Claudius, who ruled from 41 to 54 CE, to promote haruspicy, the ...

"The history of the Jews of Rome is enriched today by another invaluable monument that testifies to their ancient settlement ... Romans tried to suppress the religion —Hoard of silver Roman ...

"There is religion embedded in everything in the ancient world," she added. "There isn't really a concept of the secular." Platt said that among experts in classical studies, the idea that statues ...