The heady world of the early Christians began with Jewish followers of Jesus and later became dominated by Romans attracted ...

Sports tourism in ancient Greece was widespread, especially to the athletic events of the games at Olympia, Delphi, Isthmia ...

Atop Cividade Hill in northern Portugal, the ancient city of Bracasa Augusta lays in ruin. Today, the site belongs to the modern-day city of Braga, but 2,000 years ago, it was occupied by the Romans ...

Many different civilizations have risen in the Near East over the millennia and each had their own unique religion, though ...

There was a major shift in the world of Torah scholarship 2,200 years ago. A new light was born in response to the Greeks' ...

A team of archaeologists from the University of Haifa recently uncovered a rare treasure of over 160 ancient coins in the ...

Chinese (China): More than 3,000 years old, Chinese originated from oracle bone script and is one of the world's earliest ...

The Maccabean Revolt was one of the most striking conflicts between Israelites and ancient Greeks, commemorated today through ...

Rishi Handa, head of Sanskrit at St James Senior Boys School, England, discusses his teaching methods and insightful ...

Originating in ancient India, Sanskrit is the classical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, still used in religious ...

Age-old treasures around the world you’re highly unlikely to ever see in person, whether they're out of bounds due to their ...

At least eight people - including a child - have drowned after a speedboat carrying migrants capsized in the Aegean Sea during a chase with a Greek patrol vessel. The coastguard said the boat's ...