Hundreds of high-profile delegations are arriving in Rome today ahead of Pope Francis' funeral as thousands of Catholic ...

This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival of summer.

The Persian empire pioneered women's rights. Other contemporary cultures made jokes about it and considered Persians unmanly.

Hot cross buns have long heralded the start of Easter in the western world, with the marked cross on top a symbol of ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a "major" 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom that was possibly built by King Tutankhamun's father and later added to by Ramesses II ...

HarperCollins, $30 (320p) ISBN 978-0-00-870042-3 More than any other ancient civilization, the Roman Empire continues to inform modern understandings of government, according to this ardent ...

Researchers found the older ancient Egyptian settlement while they were studying the Greek one. An unexpected discovery of mudbrick dating to the New Kingdom (circa 1550 to 1070 B.C.) revealed the ...

Roman Empire city builder Citadelum just got a lot bigger with a substantive overhaul from developer Abylight. The historical strategy game has launched its 2.0 ‘Julius’ update, a big, free ...

The new findings were published on April 11 in the journal Geology by a collaborative team from Queen’s University ... not from modern areas of the ancient Roman empire, but from Iceland.

Ancient Greek and Roman warships were equipped with bronze rams to smash and sink enemy vessels – and a team of archaeologists has just recreated one. They plan to test the weapon on replica ...

King Charles III and Queen Camilla made an unexpected stop for Italian ice cream in Rome on Wednesday, greeting crowds gathered near the historic Gelateria Giolitti. The visit came shortly after ...

Queen Camilla accessorised with a stunning brooch worth £100,000 as she stepped out in Rome for a glitzy reception alongside King Charles.