While their lives and legacies differ significantly, scholars argue that Alexander the Great set the stage for Jesus's ...

How peaceful were the Minoans, really? Why did they leave behind no iconography of war, no murals of battles, no towering ...

They were founded before 1900, endured two World Wars, two bankruptcies, the bailout-era crisis, and remained standing. Among ...

I desired dragons with a profound desire,” fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien once said about his childhood imagination, ...

Visitors are shown signature painted pottery vessels from the Minoan civilization in the Shenwumen Gallery of the Palace Museum in Beijing on Monday.[Photo provided by Jiang Dong/China Daily] A ...

The early church believed that after his death Christ descended into hell in order to rescue the souls of the righteous.

We are entering the last several days of Holy Week. These culminate in Jesus’s ministry and the beginning of his Passion and Death. Christians worldwide are getting ready to celebrate the Resurrection ...

The temple serves as the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania — there are about 70,000 Masons statewide — ...

On Saturday, around 400 demonstrators protested at Leopoldplatz in Berlin’s working-class district of Wedding against the ...

Audrey Hepburn takes a break from filming Breakfast at Tiffany's — still wearing a multi-string pearl and diamond necklace.

Legends of Crete with 172 ancient artifacts originating from the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in Greece and 13 from the ...

According to Maryam Ghani, ‘Irises symbolise wisdom, hope and faith’ and are ‘often used in more thoughtful or artistic ...