The Austrian writer Stefan Zweig moved in a cosmopolitan Europe and wore his Jewish identity lightly. Hitler’s rise put it ...

An early civilization of Mississippian peoples mysteriously came to an end well before the first European explorations of North America.

It’s my last day in Rome and I want to get a copy of my book into Pope Francis’s quarters. As I get closer to the edge of the square, the crowds become denser.

Between séances and alchemical dreams, illustrious ghosts gather in one of Rome’s most mysterious and unexpected spots: the ...

More than 500 influential directors, actors and other notable names in Hollywood and around the world voted on the best films ...

Faced with growing inequality and social strain, the plebeian council increasingly directed its energy toward social relief for ordinary citizens. Though no longer revolutionary, its institutional ...

Maurizio Sarri is once again Lazio’s manager. The tactician from Tuscany will sit on the bench to begin the 2025/2026 season, ...

From the start, the airport, then called Friendship, grabbed headlines. Once completed, it dwarfed New York’s LaGuardia ...

The seal of the Resurrection is so powerful that in extreme cases even the unbaptized can administer baptism—using water or sand—and invoke the Holy Trinity. This act should be confirmed by the Church ...

This first city seems to have been destroyed by fire. 2500-2300 B.C. This site (Troy II) was initially identfied as the city of Homer’s tale by Heinrich Schliemann.

The British model provides a striking contrast. Since the 1996 Treasure Act, British law has required that significant archaeological finds be reported. Instead of simply seizing them, if the state ...