Preparations for the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are progressing steadily, Milan-Cortina ...

Turn on the TV or radio and you'll be able to find some kind of sport being played at international or national level. Why do ...

For over two thousand years, successive societies forged the civilization of ancient Greece. From the early societies of the ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their ... on Monday to ready the space for an election that mixes ancient ritual with modern, anti-spying technologies.

Perched on top of one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built, Santa Maria Maggiore is one of four papal basilicas and held a close spot in Pope Francis’ heart. It’s where he began ...

Tebogo won his first gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics and was awarded the 2024 World Athlete of the Year title. He had an incredible 2024 season, winning Botswana’s and Africa’s first ...

St. Mary Major is perched on top of one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built and its bell tower is the tallest in the capital. While Francis’ tomb will be simple and essential ...

Gladiators were armed fighters in ancient Rome who entertained audiences by battling lions. Archaeologists have discovered the first direct evidence of a gladiator mauled by a lion. The skeleton ...

The skeleton was one of 82 excavated in a 2004 dig at the Driffield Terrace cemetery in York, one of the only known Roman-era burial grounds thought to have been used for gladiatorial combatants.

When, at a slightly older age, I began to study death and the ancient world what struck me ... Earthquakes, too, took a very heavy toll. The Roman poet Horace’s advice to “seize the day ...

Forget the Colosseum and what you've seen in the Gladiator film franchise - the latest evidence of ancient Roman brutality comes not from the heart of Italy, but from a quiet field in Yorkshire.