Smyrna was one of the most illustrious ancient and Hellenistic-era Greek cities, one of the main centers of Greek culture in ...

Alexandria overshadowed Pergamon, yet the Anatolian library rivaled Egypt in scrolls, scholarship, and parchment, shaping the ...

When we see Pope Leo XIV weep holy tears before the Eucharist — the Doctor of Grace calls such tears 'the heart’s blood' — we ...

Good enough to kill? The story of Saint Cecilia is intense, but was the Raphael altarpiece intense enough to kill of Francesco Fracia?

While much of Sogdian culture may be lost to time, some of their structures still stand, including the ruins of an ornate ...

In the century since Antoni Gaudí died, his wild design has been obsessively realized, creating the world’s tallest ...

A well-known Maya stone carving known as Altar Q, located at the site of Copán in Honduras, may use hand signs to represent ...