The Tribal Chief has come a long way from the football field and his beginnings in Florida Championship Wrestling.

The conclave to elect the 267th pope ended after the second day of voting on Thursday, marking one of the shortest conclaves in history.

How long does it take to choose a pope? In this case, only two days. The Vatican doesn’t publish official data on the number ...

A violin made in 1941 inside the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau was found to contain a hidden note from its maker, Polish ...

Even if you’ve never watched a second of a boxing match, you’re almost certainly familiar with the most famous catchphrase in the sport: “Let’s get ready to rumbleeeeee!“ Michael Buffer’s legendary, ...

For one resident of the ancient Roman Empire, who met a violent demise around 1,800 years ago, archaeologists have found the first record of its kind scarred into his bones: he was mauled by a lion, ...

Roman gladiators’ fights to the death have inspired morbid fascination for millennia. But for something seemingly so well-documented, it’s rare for archaeologists find physical evidence of ...

The study contributes a vital new dimension to our knowledge of Roman Britain, reinforcing the region's deep connection to the empire's entertainment traditions. These findings offer new avenues ...

Until now, no direct osteological proof had ever confirmed human-animal combat in Britain — or anywhere in the Roman Empire. This is despite artistic depictions and ancient texts that told many ...

Pope Francis tours St. Peter's Square in his popemobile after bestowing the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by Cardinal ...

Compact, elegant, and surprisingly complex, Roman portable ... mental map of the empire, revealing how Romans visualized their place in a vast and interconnected world. When it came to aesthetics, ...

1936: Born as Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, the eldest of five children 1969: Ordained a priest by Archbishop Ramón José Castellano 1973: Made pilgrimage to Jerusalem Sign up to The Nightly's ...