Researchers have uncovered the earliest-known depiction of the Milky Way in coffin art depicting the Egyptian sky goddess Nut ...

Tomb art suggests the sky goddess Nut from ancient Egypt might reveal the oldest depiction of our galaxy.

Pope Francis’s wooden coffin, in which the Argentinian pontiff lies wearing a red chasuble, white mitre and black shoes, ...

As the night fell on Rome, a long line of mourners — children, nuns, tourists and others — still waited outside the ...

Members of the public have blasted foreign dignitaries taking pictures at the Pope's Vatican City funeral on Saturday, with ...

Here are the key things to know about the funeral of the first Latin American pontiff in the church’s history.

He was being buried with his well-worn black shoes, including scuff marks on the toe — emblematic of his simple life. Cardinal Kevin Farrell presided over the closing and sealing of the coffin ...

From nuns in black-and-white habits to suited dignitaries and ordinary faithful in baseball caps, a multitude gathered in St.

Applause rang out as the wooden coffin, inlaid with a large cross, was brought out of St Peter's Basilica and into the sun-filled square by white-gloved, black-suited pallbearers. Bells tolled as ...