One of the most spectacular examples of Renaissance illuminated manuscripts is going on rare public display as part of the ...

Charlemagne is a pivotal figure in European history, known for establishing a vast empire in the 700s and influencing the ...

Here’s a look back at some of the significant events that have defined Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral and its congregation.

Filmmaker Lotfy Nathan has turned the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas into a supernatural thriller called “The ...

By piecing together historical records, topographic maps, and satellite imagery, the research team covered more ground than ...

Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote that ‘There are two liquids that are especially agreeable to the human body: wine inside ...

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and a new digital atlas shows that those roads stretched 50% longer than ...

Advances in technology and other newly accessible sources have greatly expanded researchers’ ability to locate ancient roadways.

A monumental new study, years in the making, has just presented Itiner-e, the most comprehensive, high-resolution digital map ...

The throne of the Holy Roman Emperor was a very attractive position in the Early Middle Ages. It signified power, control, and immeasurable wealth. And, naturally, many of Europe’s Kings and nobles ...