Nowadays, people ring in the new year with fireworks, parties, and lots of champagne. These festivities may be what’s popular ...

A 1,700-year-old oil lamp dating to the Late Roman Empire was found during a dig near the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, ...

"David sought to reinforce his views and visual art with material from the classical world." Bilal Junejo explores the significance of Ancient Rome in Jacques-Louis David's paintings.

A 2000-year-old 70-acre Roman Bath was completely restored in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Ephesus in Turkey.

Gazans can in many ways be thought of as a separate ethnicity from West Bank Palestinians. This is because Gazans have ...

It’s hard to imagine a holiday season without “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” The 1965 broadcast has become a staple — etched ...

Crimea had been colonised by the Greeks as early as the 6th century BC, and it was known for its Greek city-states, including ...

Archaeologists from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) discovered a 1,800-year-old ...

The man's burial with the amulet is a likely indication of the depth of his commitment to Christianity, researchers believe.

25, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, beginning in A.D. 336. So, Christmas only began centuries later than the pagan ...

Today you might only know the phrase “the 12 days of Christmas” from the popular carol. Few people still observe all 12 days, ...

Shanxi is one of the cradles of Chinese culture, with its earliest ancient civilization reaching its peak some 3,000 years ...