History is full of surprises, and some discoveries challenge everything we thought we knew about ancient civilizations. The ...

In recent decades, the West has witnessed a growing trend among increasingly hubristic US leaders to proclaim the US as ...

Catholicism gave English literature something it needs to rediscover.

An extensive exhibition dedicated to the Dutch artist highlights her beautifully detailed still-lifes. But do these paintings ...

While this is the time of year for fun prop bets, gameday meals and Super Bowl squares, it is also the time to research Roman numerals. Every NFL game during the regular season is referred to by the ...

In the best restaurants along the Bosphorus strait Roman Abramovich’s high dining is setting tongues wagging as much as it once did in London. “I love Abramovich so much,” enthuses Omer ...

In the best restaurants along the Bosphorus strait Roman Abramovich’s high dining is setting tongues wagging as much as it once did in London. “I love Abramovich so much,” enthuses Omer Ataysin, an ...

Many of the stories revolve around the Catholic understanding of death, or memento mori, understood as the reminder that all things must die. He writes of the morbid relics of unnamed saints whose ...

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Shortly after Musk made the gesture, the term "Roman salute" started trending online. While it appears similar to the Nazi salute associated with Adolf Hitler, the gesture has ancient roots.

Ruins on the Palatine Hill in Rome. Credit: Lalupa / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Many people are familiar with the legend of Romulus and Remus, which supposedly explains the origin of the ancient ...