Whether our Western political systems are true democracies or republics can be answered by examining ancient Greek philosophy ...

The question of what awaits us after life's final breath is one of humanity's oldest and most profound mysteries. Across ...

The Roman Catholic Church traces its origin to the apostles and specifically to Peter. They are by far the largest denomination of Christianity with more than 1.2 billion Roman Catholic believers ...

Scopes monkey trial famously put the spotlight on evolution and appeared to mark a defeat for biblical fundamentalism.

This oil painting by French artist Firmin Didot (1764-1836) depicts human-animal combat in ancient Rome. New evidence shows it likely occurred as far away as Roman ... the body around his time ...

But while there's plenty of Roman writing and art about gladiators, their bodily remains are rare. Now, a team of archaeologists has found what they claim to be the body of a gladiator who was ...

A study has uncovered the first physical evidence of human-animal gladiatorial combat in the Roman period. The research, published in PLOS One, presents compelling skeletal evidence of a human ...

It was an eight-day mission that turned into nine months. This is what Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore survived The human body could never survive space. Our blood, bile and tears would start ...

“The Romans loved penises,” Green says. “They were thought to ward off bad luck and the evil eye.” Many of the remains in the shaft, human or animal, are babies. Particularly interesting ...

In the ancient Roman world, which I study ... RNS believes everyone should have access to coverage of religion that is fair, thoughtful and inclusive. That's why you will never hit a paywall ...

For centuries, the dismembered human body was seen as just another material to be used in all manner of remedies and cures. Between the end of Roman antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages ...

During the installation of an underground substation in the center of Exeter, archaeologists found Roman pottery and human remains, shedding new light on Exeter's historical legacy. The project ...