The Phoenician culture emerged around 3,100 years ago from coastal Mediterranean sites in modern-day Lebanon, Syria and Israel, also known as the Levant. Phoenicians gave the world its first alphabet ...

If you like Manor Lords and Cities Skylines 2, but also long for the gleaming marble of Ancient Rome, this is well worth ... freedom of expression, religion, and equality. And that's when ...

Ancient pollen samples and archaeobotanical remains point to an ancient garden that was once located at the site of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Nestled in the heart of the Italian capital whose hills bear silent witness to the most decadent customs throughout the ages, ...

At Masses across Rome and socioeconomic lines, Catholics prayed the next pope focuses on poverty and peace days before the ...

The Vatican, headquarters of the Catholic Church, is the smallest state in the world, with its own newspaper, national anthem ...

Dozens of witnesses reportedly looked on in horror as a U.S. tourist visiting Rome screamed in pain after impaling himself on a metal fence at the Colosseum. The man — a 47-year-old American ...

the head of an ancient deity. The Appian Way Regional Park announced the find on Facebook. The park, located in Rome, said that it recently bid farewell to "the beautiful stone head." The head was ...

Why do people love sport so much? To answer this question, it’s worth a dive back into ancient history. One of the most famous figures from the ancient world, Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430 ...

Crowds of mourners waited in line on Sunday for a chance to visit Pope Francis’ final resting place in the Santa Maria Maggiore church in Rome, a day after his funeral service that was attended ...

As a lot of new listeners have joined us, and it's a bank holiday in the UK, we thought we'd re-run one of our earliest, goriest episodes. Trust us, this episode is a bloody delight: from flesh ...