There are very few remains of ancient ships, except in one unusual place: the Black Sea has a unique environment that ...

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

Titus Andronicus is the Bard's most violent work, and a new production is set to be one of the most extreme takes on it yet.

And obviously, Ancient Greek tragedies – even if they keep acts of violence off-stage – are a rich and enduring source of creative murders of family members and cycles of bloody revenge.

Pope Francis, the global Catholic leader, has passed away, with media speculation narrowing his potential successor to five ...

A new study reveals ancient Greenland rocks in Iceland, evidencing iceberg movement during the Late Antique Little Ice Age.

Though few have heard of the ancient queen, nearly everyone has heard of her grandson, Alexander the Great. "This is the only appropriate location that we have determined may be the ancient city ...

Is it the end of the world as we know it? The Prophecy of the Popes, a 900-year-old prescient manuscript, is believed by some to predict the next pontiff — and the end of the world. Pope Francis ...

After a pope dies, the Catholic Church chooses its next leader through an ancient electoral process called the "papal conclave." In practice, since at least 1276, the conclave gathers the church ...