Standing in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo ...

Public baths also often featured gymnasiums, libraries, restaurants and exercise yards. Archaeological evidence suggests even ...

In 1850s America, escaped slaves and people that tried to help them were ruled criminals and the people that owned the slaves weren’t the ...

From soldier wages to political fortunes, Roman earnings reveal how war, wealth, and ambition shaped power in the ancient ...

The current crisis between Israel and Iran, as well as the involvement of the United States of America, has proved once more that in international power ...

Catholic churches are celebrating the national holiday of Juneteenth this week by honoring the freedom won by formerly ...

The event featured the dedication of a memorial stone in honor of those formerly enslaved families. The stone now rests in ...

The emancipation took place on June 19, 1865, two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation ...

Over time, our connection with these deities has evolved from devotion to embodiment, guiding us into connecting with “the ...

New genealogical research traces the Pope’s ancestry back to the 1500s, revealing what Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates Jr ...

The word at the sixth annual Juneteenth Festival in New Orleans on Thursday was heritage. Among the throngs who gathered in ...

Man holds a flag during a Juneteenth celebration in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, ...