Inside a church just outside Naples, people known as femminielli gathered for La Juta, a centuries-old Candlemas pilgrimage ...

On a quiet summer evening in Rome, the Vatican Museums reveal a side of history often overlooked by visitors. Within the octagonal courtyard, the oldest part of the museums, countless Roman artifacts ...

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India celebrated her 77th Republic Day on Monday, with the parade also marking 150 years of Vande Mataram, the iconic anthem written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay| India News ...

A Roman-era artefact has been uncovered in Worcestershire, which helps to shed some new light on human history within the area.

Rosselin — This name means "little rose" in French or Latin, "gentle horse" in German and "little redhead" in Scottish. Robin ...

We're going back to Westeros, baby! Not that we ever really left, given that we're merely between seasons of that other Game of Thrones spin-off, and with several more allegedly in development. It ...

From ancient mythology to modern pop culture, humanity has long been fascinated by twins. It’s no wonder, considering their rarity. Through most of history, fraternal twins, babies resulting from two ...

Vivid scenes of battlefield decapitations and female prisoners dragged off by their hair, carved into the 1,840-year-old marble Column of Marcus Aurelius towering over central Rome, are being brought ...

Archaeologists excavating the ancient Roman city of Gabii have uncovered a massive stone-lined basin that may represent one of Rome’s earliest monumental civic structures. Its central placement hints ...