Turning to the plight of Middle Eastern Christians, Pope Francis on Saturday prayed for their continued witness in a region ...

He dispatched ill-prepared Italian forces to North Africa and Greece, hoping that an eventual German victory would enable Italy to claim these territories for itself. Benito Mussolini dreamed of ...

But Mount Vesuvius’ eruption wiped it and other nearby Roman settlements off the map. The ash spewed by the volcano coated ..

As an archipelago off the coast of Africa, Tenerife is the largest and most populous island in the Canary Islands. It boasts many of Spain’s records, like the tallest point, Mount Teide and the ...

Hellenization under Alexander the Great saw many people assimilated into Greek culture, including the Hellenistic Jews.

Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii ...

In the half-dark of a third-floor office, Danielle Levy lifted a clay tablet out of its box. Carefully examining it with ...

The search for a lost Roman temple is on. As archaeologists continued to excavate a Roman fort from the first century A.D. in ...

Leaders from Egypt and Somalia have met in Eritrea over tensions in the Horn of Africa ...

Climate change has played a crucial role in shaping societies throughout history. Recently, a study led by Chinese ...

Other textbooks feature the discredited “Palestinian Land Loss” maps, which mislabel Jordanian and Egyptian ... In March, Ireland said it would support South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel at the ...

Music icon, composer, and producer Quincy Jones has died at age 91. His cause of death was not disclosed in the statement ...