In his new book The Silver Empire: how Germany created its first common currency, which forms the basis of this event, Oliver Volckart analyses why the vast majority of the approximate 300 members of ...

The Detroit Institute of Arts recently acquired a 16th century automation clock, which is the first timepiece made before the ...

The Roman basilica of St. John Lateran marks the 1,700th anniversary of its dedication on Saturday, Nov. 9. It’s a feast day ...

Armed with new tools, scholars are finally able to read papyrus scrolls long deemed too fragile to open. The breakthrough could literally change history.

As part of its ongoing inquiry into abuse and financial corruption within a Peruvian lay group, the Vatican expelled four ...

UNESCO told Newsweek it "is gravely concerned about the threats posed by the conflict to the region's rich cultural heritage." ...

Already 450,000 votes collected less than two months after the launch of the 12th census, one of the best initial results ...

At 9,036 pieces, the Lego Colosseum only just comes under the Titanic, but its detail of the historical Roman ruin is unmatched ... most iconic spaceship in all of science fiction. Since The Empire ...

The Holy Father will open the second of five Holy Doors for the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope in Rome’s Rebibbia prison on Dec.

And except for the U.S., all have found other ways to choose their leaders. The Holy Roman Empire was a loose confederation of territories that existed in central Europe from 962 to 1806. The emperor ...