We’re as much the products of the books we read as we are of the times we live in. The 20 books in the list below certainly ...

Papyri from the Roman Empire provide authentic insight into how Christians in antiquity imagined Joseph and Mary's ...

From Pagan Winter Festivals to Christian Celebrations Holidays and rituals have always been universal aspects of the human experience, almost inextricably ...

On 25 December 336 Rome’s believers celebrated Christmas Day – the earliest recorded use of that date as it spread across ...

Two years ago, a viral trend tore through TikTok wherein women asked the men in their lives how often they thought about the ...

Originally a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas has evolved into a global cultural event.

1154 – Henry II crowned King of England. 1487 Opening ceremony of the sixth Great Temple of Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico City) ...

Rome opened two subway stations on Tuesday — one deep beneath the Colosseum — that mix the modernity of high-tech transport ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered a significant fresco of Jesus as the "Good Shepherd" from Anatolia's early Christian era. The painting was found in August in an underground tomb near Iznik, ...

The Year of the Four Emperors (69 AD) marked the first brutal civil war of the Roman Empire, plunging the empire into chaos after Nero’s death. In this video, we explore the power struggles, shifting ...

In the later days of the Roman Empire, emperors were seen through a complex lens of politics, religion, and propaganda. This video explores how the public viewed their rulers and how those views ...

The history of the vast and powerful Roman Empire was defined by its many rulers. After all, talented emperors were responsible for maintaining that venerable and very complex social machine. However, ...