In the early fourth century A.D., Rome was notorious for persecuting Christians. Yet the night before battle, Constantine received a vision from God: if he embraced Christianity he would win. His ...

The Bible praises Cyrus of Persia as a servant of God but never claims him as a proselyte. Likewise, emperor Constantine I of Rome became a liberator for Christians suffering at the hands of his ...

Deep-sea creatures Alicella gigantea widespread on ocean floor—scientists Bing Crosby's grandson describes time Dean Martin crunched his luxury car in a McDonald's drive-thru California tax fears fuel ...

Here’s the origin of Christmas as we know it, when it’s estimated Jesus might have been born and when Christians started ...

Today in the year 1449, the last emperor of the Romans was crowned in the small town of Mystras in Greece, far away from the ...

With no confirmation of Jesus' birth and no mention of Christmas itself in the Bible, you may be wondering how the holiday ...

NEARLY 2000 years after the first legionary trudged on to Scottish soil, the Roman Empire’s attempted conquests of Scotland ...

Early Christian icons may have derived some of their stylistic elements from pagan religious portraits, according to some ...

The life of Byzantine Emperor Heraclius (610–641), his military triumphs, reforms, and the establishment of Greek as the official language.

A Roman gold treasure found in Denmark reveals secret links between a Viking village and the elites of Europe.

The restoration work by Alvisi Kirimoto in the Colosseum Archaeological Park establishes a dialogue with the site's millennia ...

The newly opened Viminacium Museum in eastern Serbia has over 1,700 objects excavated at that ancient site, many of which are ...