The First Five Hundred Years,” Paula Fredriksen explores how a localized sect became a universal Roman church.

Against this dazzling backdrop, the first pilgrims for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee, which begins on Christmas Eve, ...

Archaeologists in Iraq excavated a 2,600-year-old temple and found shrines, a stone monument and written tablets, photos show ...

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The awe-inspiring images out of Paris showcased grit, grace and incredible athleticism. Because the events of 2024 are remarkably varied and critically significant, the CNN Photo Team decided to ...

New research has shed light on how Stonehenge may have served to unify Britain’s early farmers as newcomers from Europe began ...

Snow blanketed Santiago, the Chilean capital, in May 2024 — a rare and stunning sight that marked the coldest month in the ...

What influence has ancient Greek philosophy had on Christianity, and how does it continue to influence the thinking of the ...

One of the most surprising signings of the summer transfer window was also one of the quietest. Coming off of three unremarkable but respectable seasons in Spain, and at a crossroad of sorts in a ...

The semicircular room stretched about 100 feet across and originally stood several stories tall with elaborate decorations.

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Egyptian temple hidden in a cliff face. The temple dates to around 2,100 years ago and was discovered at the site of Athribis, located about 125 miles (200 ...

A "provocative" new piece in Nature has proposed a whole new group of ancient humans – cousins of the Denisovans and Neanderthals – that once lived alongside Homo sapiens in eastern Asia more than 100 ...