One of the most beautiful cities in Germany on the Danube, here are the best things to do in Regensburg for a great time.

For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...

My wife and I are considering a trip to Japan. Our interests are mainly textiles and gardens. Any suggestions of suitable ...

Excavations of the northern defensive ditches of Magna Fort have revealed 32 shoes buried in the “semi-anaerobic low oxygen deposits,” according to a July 2 news release from the Vindolanda Charitable ...

Learn about Emperor Maurice’s missed opportunity to prevent Phocas’ rise and how that moment could have altered the history ...

The Vatican Museums has unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms. These are the spectacularly ...

Thousands of newly discovered fragments, which once adorned a high-status Roman building, offer an unprecedented glimpse into ...

Coeur, or Basilica of the Sacred Heart, which Émile Zola called a "stone host placed on the open wound of the city," celebrates the 150th anniversary of the laying of its first stone. To celebrate her ...

The Byzantine Empire, which began in the 4th century AD, was a continuation of the Roman empire with its capital in Constantinople ... their weathered limestone ruins featuring remnants of stone ...

Starting in 2021, a research team led by Musallam R. al-Rawahneh—an associate professor of archeology and ancient Near East studies at Mutah University—began looking for Tharais. The field project ...

Origin of basilica Historically, the term “basilica” referred to the grand halls of the Roman Empire impressive architectural spaces where emperors met with subjects and court sessions were held.