Despite being illiterate and uneducated, Annie Gordon Baillie forged herself a career as one of the Victorian era's most ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that four people, including a child, in Pompeii used furniture to block a bedroom door ...

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

Volunteers working at an ancient Roman fort discovered a relief of a goddess in the rubble, officials said. Screengrab from ...

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where ...

Ancient ideas about diet were grounded in archaic ... Some bodies—such as those of women—were considered more predisposed to be “wet,” while others—like young men—were hotter and ...

ROME – Jasmine Paolini became the first Italian woman in more than a decade to reach the final of her home Italian Open when she beat American Peyton Stearns 7-5, 6-1 on May 15. The 29-year-old ...

Ancient Roman goddess of victory sculpture found at Hadrian’s Wall by amateur archaeologists - Symbolic find believed to ...

A spirited Jasmine Paolini broke to open both sets, crushing Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-2 becoming the first Italian woman in 40 years ...

When we think of female pharaohs from ancient Egypt, there is one name that usually springs to mind: Cleopatra. It is true ...