A marble sarcophagus dating to the second or third century a.d. has been discovered in the city of Caesarea on Israel’s Mediterranean coast. It depicts the wine god Dionysus and the hero Hercules ...

For the ancient Romans, both rich and poor, their panoply of gods and robust mythology were part of everyday life. Images in a newly discovered tomb in the city of Giugliano, just outside Naples in ...

While it is possible to fail in many ways, it is possible to succeed in one way only, which is why the one is easy and the other is difficult. By the same token, men may be bad in many ways, but good ...