Taking time off in the summer was important in ancient Greek and Roman times. But some found it hard to detach from work and ...

"Pompeii" at the National Museum of Australia brings together 90 artifacts and a recreation of Vesuvius's eruption.

Toilet gods — deities associated with these essential yet often overlooked aspects of daily life — have been venerated in ...

Walking through Rome nowadays and seeing the remains of the empire really makes you wonder how the ancient city looked when it was at its peak. In a remarkable collaboration between tech experts and ...

Jubilees, a Catholic Church tradition dating to 1300, are considered a time for reconciliation and renewal. But for many ...

The enormous influx of pilgrims also brought great wealth to the city of Rome and the papacy, which popes used to transform the run-down ancient capital of the Roman Empire to a model of ...

After the conquests of Alexander the Great in Egypt, the Ptolemaic dynasty established Alexandria, the jewel of the ...

The distinctive dong of an ancient bell accompanied the opening of the Holy Door at Rome’s Basilica of St. Mary Major on Jan.