For decades, acarajé has been considered an offering to Afro-Brazilian religious deities. What happens when evangelicals ...

The Roman Empire’s massive mining industry polluted Europe’s atmosphere with lead.

In the first movie, he hit on a winning formula that showcased his favorite preoccupations in a decidedly Roman key: decadent ...

Sex trafficking, like forced labor, is a contemporary form of slavery. I am an academic who studies the mindset of slaveholders to understand more fully their rationale for what they do, in hopes of ...

The head of Manila’s Roman Catholic Church on Thursday warned against becoming slaves of money and vices, saying that it will ...

For them, crucifixion was the ultimate bad news about Jesus. The scandal of death by crucifixion was almost beyond our ...

Marxism has had a huge impact on the study of the past in two distinct, but interrelated ways. On the one hand, Marxist ...

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Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive development of children. Scientists have previously used atmospheric pollution ...

Following the peculiar 2023 biopic, “Napoleon,” director Ridley Scott delivered a sequel to one of his most famous movies ...

Pope Francis has declared 2025 to be a Jubilee year for the Catholic Church. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Claire Giangravé from the Religion News Service about the tradition.

Emperor Crassus became the richest Roman and one of the richest men in the ancient world through his cunning, business savvy ...