The Holy Roman Empire was vast, powerful in name but fractured in reality. This video explores how conflicting loyalties, ...

Researchers think the camp was built during the second century C.E. Stretching across 22 acres, it was identified using a ...

The word ‘secular’ is anathema to the supporters of Hindu rashtra but can a plural, diverse, multi-religious and democratic country be anything but secular? I admire the French who are pre-dominantly ...

London researchers recently reconstructed large Roman plaster collection, revealing vibrant frescoes hidden for 1,800 years ...

An estimated 200-year-old Austrian coin was found on June 19 at the Tarragindi Archeological Dig in Berrien Springs by 11-year-old Leif Sigvartsen.  The coin was a Maria Theresa “Thaler” (rhymes with ...

He told the world he wished to be known as Pope Francis. His trademark humility was genuine, and did much to strip away perceptions of an aloof “Holy Roman Empire”. He immediately discarded ...

Members of Trump’s coterie are obsessed with ancient Rome and its collapse. But their interpretation of Roman history is based on common misconceptions.

Brush up on the Pole family, Charles V, the Holy Roman Empire & the history that shaped the events in Episode 1 as seen on MASTERPIECE.

Some of the world’s oldest roadways are only memories now—but many have been preserved as historic monuments or improved to handle today’s traffic.

The Catholic Church is an ancient religious institution boasting over a billion members worldwide. As such, Catholicism is the largest Christian ecclesiastical body in the world. Because of this alone ...

A silver amulet found next to a skeleton in a 1,800-year-old grave in Germany speaks to the importance — and the risk — of being Christian in Roman times.