The skeleton was excavated from Driffield Terrace, one of the most significant Roman-era burial sites in Britain.

Archaeologists working at Driffield Terrace, a well-preserved Roman cemetery in York, have uncovered the first direct ...

Founded by an ancient tribe, Verona became a Roman colony in 89 B.C.E., and you can still see traces of the ancient civilization (the city is even called "little Rome"). In fact, the Arena of ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...

If the man who faced the lion was a professional hunter, as indicated in the study, the entertainment of watching human and a lion interact in the arena was probably more like bullfighting in Spai ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is being laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony reflecting his priorities as pope and wishes as ...

Though presidents and princes attended the Mass in St. Peter’s Square, prisoners and migrants will welcome him at the ...

More people turn out in Rome to watch the motorcade The motorcade for the pope’s coffin is continuing through Rome’s historic center ... at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan joined Catholics worldwide and across the city with remembrances of a spiritual leader known for his ...

The motorcade for the pope’s coffin is continuing through Rome’s historic center, where the crowds ... With Families” at the Mall of Asia Arena in Manila, Philippines, Jan. 16, 2015.