The unexpected discovery of Greenland rocks in Iceland hints that a centuries-long cold snap may have helped finish off the ...

There were lots of reasons that the Roman Empire may have collapsed, but recent research suggests there may have been a climate crisis that contributed to its demise ...

A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...

Amman, the modern capital of Jordan, has witnessed a remarkable evolution, with its name changing to reflect various ...

When the Apostle Paul wrote about seeing "through a glass darkly," there were no glass windows in the Greco-Roman world.

Jean-Paul Laurens' painting of Honorius Flavius captures the fragility of power in the Roman Empire's decline.

Flavius Josephus was a Jewish aristocrat who was initially a general in the Jewish rebellion of 66-71 CE, but soon ...

The Hagia Sophia is at the centre of Turkey's Byzantine, Ottoman and secular history. How did the sixth-century cathedral ...

During the 15th and 16th centuries, a wave of Greek Byzantine scholars arrived in Italy where they contributed tremendously ...

One of the most significant aspects of this relationship is that the period following the Roman conquest and leading up to the complete integration of the Greek world into the emerging empire did not ...

Ancient manuscripts detailing the events during the Roman Empire are believed to contain 'first hand' evidence about the life and death of Jesus Christ. The Annals, written by the Roman historian ...