Researchers Stunned to Find First Compelling Skeletal Evidence of a Gladiator Bitten by a Lion In the past, experts have ...

New research suggests a skeleton which belonged to a gladiator was mauled by a lion or another big cat during combat.

Archaeologists have discovered over 100 horse skeletons from Roman times, dating back to the 2nd century AD. These horse ...

Pope Francis, who had a cameo in the feature film 'Beyond the Sun' and was the subject of the documentary 'Pope Francis: A ...

The work, which began in July 2024, has confirmed that the area was used as a horse cemetery by the Roman legions almost 1,800 years ago. Bad Cannstatt was, during the first half of the 2nd century ...

Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have lesions that looked suspiciously like bite ...

Known as the Bou Ferrer, it’s one of the largest Roman shipwrecks ever found in the Mediterranean. It sank in the first century while carrying a massive cargo of fish sauce: 2,500 amphorae ...

A 2,000-year-old ring that was unearthed 50 years ago near Jerusalem may well have been worn by Pontius Pilate ...

The changes reflect Francis’ view of the pope as a pastor more than a powerful person, but the rites will still be on a grand ...

Here, a guide to ten of Pope Francis’s most popular books: ...