From David Potter, Francis W Kelsey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Roman History, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US ...

A worsening respiratory infection has forced the 88-year-old pontiff to interrupt his busy schedule.

The Vatican has canceled papal audiences through the weekend and delegated others to cover for Pope Francis as the 88-year-old pope remains hospitalized with a multi-pronged respiratory infection.

A cache of 337 coins bearing Cleopatra VII’s image sheds new light on the age of the Temple of Taposiris Magna—and the ...

This medicinal plant was so coveted, it was worth its weight in gold. But this ultimately brought its downfall.

An aspiring dictator, fueled by popular resentment, overthrows a failing republic. We've seen this show before ...

I was troubled during the second Trump inaugural so few observers were disturbed by the rogue’s gallery of the nation’s ...

LIX, BCE. The Roman LIX translates into 59 in Arabic, soon to proclaimed “American Numerals” by Trumpius Maximus, newly ...

Was Cleopatra the cause of the conflict between these two consuls, both eager to become the masters of Rome? Historians are ...

Love involves the mind, body and spirit. It includes the warm and fuzzy feeling of holding hands with someone, the ...

Valentine’s Day -- the holiday made for a Hallmark movie. At least that’s what it seems like now. But it wasn’t always so ...

Father Michael said Saint Valentine was one, very real person– or at least the man that the church honored with a feast was no legend. He said he did not know of the secret marriage ceremonies, but ...