Archaeologists discover a bench in Pompeii opposite the Villa of the Mysteries that reveals Roman social and political life.

The mental image of the city of Pompeii, crystallized by the mold of ash and lapilli that preserved its ground level for ...

Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

"I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who ...

Volcanoes are nature's most dramatic showpieces, and while their eruptions can be awe-inspiring, they also pose serious ...

Pope Leo XIV has created seven new saints, bringing the total number of people who posthumously received this title to nine ...

"Uncovering an extraordinary lost fresco sounds like a story out of the ruins of Pompeii, but it’s here in a Salford ...

May their intercession assist us in our trials and their example inspire us in our shared vocation to holiness,' the pontiff ...

While the podcast explores all the way back to Greenwich Plantation in the 1700s, the story of how the ancient Roman statuary ...

POPE Leo XIV proclaimed seven new saints on Sunday before an estimated 70,000 people in St Peter’s Square, including the ...