If you’ve ever decorated a Christmas tree and thought, “This feels a little too magical to be strictly Christian,” ...

From the Library of Alexandria to the lost works of Plato, the world is littered with ancient writings containing long-lost ...

Erdogan presents a replica of Jesus 'Good Shepherd' painting to Pope Leo, the first discovery of its kind outside of Italy ...

The United Kingdom is studded with megalithic formations dating back to the Neolithic and Bronze ages. Many are finding in ...

A Roman basilica long submerged in Lake Iznik has reappeared as waters recede, revealing a key site of early Christian ...

In the heart of modern-day Myanmar lies Old Bagan, home to thousands of ancient temples that once formed the center of the ...

Thousands of years ago, on the sacred rock from which my ancestors fled, this season of the year was celebrated as Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival marking the end of the summer harvest and the ...

OP-ED. While major tech leaders claim to see Ancient Rome as a moral and political model, it is likely because the ...

Some 40 villages grouped in eight parks situated in north-western Syria provide remarkable testimony to rural life in late Antiquity and during the Byzantine period. Abandoned in the 8th to 10th ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the ...

Dec. 2, Pope Leo will visit these historic sites in the first international apostolic journey of his pontificate: ...