The papal conclave will take place as usual in the hallowed space of the Sistine Chapel. What is the history of this famous ...

On April 30, 311 AD, the Roman Emperor Galerius issued what became known as the Edict of Serdica, which made the first formal ...

A bronze statue has been unveiled as a memorial to the last Great Auk killed on the Orkney island of Papa Westray. It is an ...

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth century, and with a history surrounded in myth, legend and controversy, it ...

Michael Benisty feels the time is right to install a 6-story Statue of Liberty-inspired sculpture on the sprawling plains on ...

Much of what we know about individual Roman emperors comes from what they chose to build. In the 1st century CE, Nero was ...

The Appian Way Regional Park in Rome announced its recent farewell to a "beautiful" stone head dating back to antiquity. It ...