Ancient Egyptians are often depicted wearing black eyeliner, known as kohl, which was stored in small containers. While kohl containers are typically found throughout Egypt and Sudan (Nubia), their ...

The 2,000-year-old Antikythera mechanism found in an ancient Greek shipwreck has been dubbed the “first computer,” using a ...

Cheering crowds, fast horses, dramatic accidents, and even a little sorcery made up a typical day of chariot racing in Rome ...

Britannia is the national symbol of the UK and can be seen across the country on multiple statues or old pound sterling coins.

The 20th-century art historian Kenneth Clark made a distinction between the “naked,” meaning unclothed and ashamed, and the “nude,” meaning the body in its most beautiful form. Most people today use ...

During a visit to the Ramon Crater in the Negev Desert in Israel during a show-and-tell trip, an 8-year-old boy found a 1,700-year-old Roman relic on the surface.

A sandstone block carved roughly 2,000 years ago shows a Roman emperor dressed not in a toga but in the double crown of Egypt ...

These four reasons should compel Christians to dissociate themselves with the nasty business of Jew-hating.

The remarkable discoveries include the best-preserved early image of Jesus discovered near the Turkish city of Iznik ...

In an age of artificial intelligence, which voice of authority carries more weight? A priest who’s advised the Vatican weighs in.

Canadian author and podcaster draws on Homer, lost epics, Greek drama, Roman retellings, and modern scholarship to ...

James Bryce is mostly known today for his surveys of two of history’s great federations: The Holy Roman Empire and The ...