Cardinals will meet next month to pick Francis' successor, deciding if the new pope should continue with the late pontiff's push for a more open Church or cede to conservatives who want to return to a ...

A quarter of these are soldiers, the Pontifical Swiss Guard ... only been held by archbishops or cardinals. A more agile and transparent Vatican for a pope whose intention was to be a missionary.

The frame was heavy metal, the walls transparent. Inside were six syringes ... leg of a recently deceased Ethiopian Moor onto a white Roman in the third century A.D., a subject depicted by ...

Archeologists discovered a heavily handled penis pendant at a fort erected near northern England landmark Hadrian’s Wall and ...

Archaeologists were preparing for the construction of a new housing development when they found more than 100 equine skeletons dating to the second century C.E.

Large-scale excavations in Gloucester by Cotswold Archaeology have revealed a well-managed Roman settlement founded by Roman soldiers with an exceptionally well-preserved limekiln. The ...

For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is ...

Well-preserved Roman-era soldiers' dwellings were also unearthed, offering a clear picture of daily life at the fortress during the reigns of Emperors Diocletian and Maximian. These structures ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old Roman sandal near an ancient military fort in Oberstimm, Germany. The highly ...

Fortresses, soldier housing, and roads from Egypt’s Ptolemaic and Roman eras found in Sinai, revealing military life over ...

Archaeologists excavating an ancient Roman settlement in the United Kingdom found an oven used for making construction materials, photos show. Photo from Cotswold Archaeology Sifting through the ...