New, almost life-size statues discovered in a necropolis in Pompeii. Details about the possible Roman priestess.

World dignitaries and Catholic faithful have attended Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square. The Vatican said Saturday about 250,000 people have flocked to the pope’s funeral Mass.

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.

The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is a less traditional final resting place for a pope, as is the method by which Francis chose to be buried here. Watch to learn more. Typically, popes are buried ...

As Amazonian bishops gathered at the Vatican on Oct. 21, 2019, a man entered a nearby church after dawn and stole three Indigenous statues brought to Rome for the occasion. He ...

In stark contrast, another statue—this one of the Apostle Paul—stood nearby, sword in hand, untouched by the storm.

Pope Francis passed away at 7:35 a.m. local time on Easter Monday, April 21, at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa ...

Priscilla Chan, a pediatrician and philanthropist, co-leads the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to promote global equity in ...

New discoveries are overturning the assumptions that used to be made about a woman’s place in society, writes Emily Hauser ...

The life-size statue features David Corenswet's Man of Steel (how good the likeness actually is is up for debate) alongside Krypto the Super-Dog. Some recent plot details revealed that Kal-El will ...

Looks like a video of a statue being erected in San Francisco ended up being a perfect metaphor for the way President Donald Trump’s underlings treat him. A 45-foot-tall sculpture of a nude woman ...