Warren Buffett is renowned for his investment advice. But the billionaire, who is retiring later this month at age 95, also is a font of spiritual wisdom.

Elagabalus became Roman emperor at 14, was assassinated at 18, and managed to pack more scandal into those four years than ...

Rottweilers originated from dogs used in ancient Rome to help manage cattle and were integral to cattle-raising in the town ...

New research shows Roman concrete relied on heat-driven mixing and reactive lime, giving it a surprising self-healing ability ...

By FROMA HARROP Syndicated columnist Bribery, inflation, plagues, crumbling trade links, stalled innovation — all these ...

Much of human history has been influenced and shaped by warfare. Warfare itself predates history, with the squabbles and fights […] ...

Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patroness of the Americas. The celebration of her feast day on December 12 dates back to the ...

Bribery, inflation, plagues, crumbling trade links, stalled innovation — all these negatives helped bring down the once-mighty Roman Empire. But Rome needed centuries of bad leadership to collapse.

Archaeologists uncovered a Pompeii project that reveals how ancient Romans used hot-mixing technology to create durable ...

Discover the role of Julius Caesar in Starz's new historical epic, Spartacus: House of Ashur, as the series recaptures the ...

Maps feel simple at first glance, but every now and then one forces you to pause and look again. The maps in this list play ...

What looks like a tiny dot on the map turns out to be one of the most remarkable places in Europe, where centuries of faith and culture sit side by side ...