The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to choose the new pope. Here's what happens next.

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

Blood, sand, and death – for Romans, there was no better entertainment than watching gladiators fight exotic animals in ...

Researchers say the man’s spinal damage, lung inflammation, and lion bite offer a rare glimpse into the brutal reality of ...

Had enough of the crowds? Once you’ve seen Rome, consider a day trip to these lesser known but no less beautiful towns for ...

Had enough of the crowds? Once you’ve seen Rome, consider a day trip to these lesser known but no less beautiful towns for ...

The first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting animals has been found in skeletal remains from England ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have lesions that looked suspiciously like bite ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

The findings center on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside York in England, a site believed to ...

A gruesome new discovery provides the first skeletal proof of humans being attacked by big cats in Roman gladiatorial spectacles. Found in a cemetery near York, the bones show clear bite marks from a ...