The Aztecs and the Mayans are the most popular among the Mesoamerican civilizations, but the Olmecs came first.

The motif first appeared in Dunhuang in the sixth century and later spread along the ancient Silk Road to Central Asia, West ...

A Yale-trained geologist has spent more than 30 years studying Egypt's Great Sphinx and come to a stunning new theory.

Did the Minoan writing system known as Linear A come from Egyptian hieroglyphics, or was it an independent invention?

USF and FAU researchers identify bacterium behind 1,500-year-old pandemic mystery. For the first time, scientists have obtained direct genomic evidence of the bacterium responsible for the Plague of ...

What are the first things that spring to mind when you hear the name “Mexico”? Perhaps you get images of sombreros or giant cacti. Or maybe tacos, margaritas, tequila or mariachi bands? If you are ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV declared a 15-year-old computer whiz the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint Sunday, giving the next generation of Catholics a relatable role model who used ...

St. Peter’s Square was packed on Sunday, September 7, as Pope Leo XIV declared Carlo Acutis a saint, making the 15-year-old the first millennial to be canonized by the Catholic Church. According to ...

Millions of young Catholics flocked to the small central Italian town of Assisi to pay tribute to Carlo Acutis – the Italian teenager informally known as "God's Influencer." On Sunday, the 15-year-old ...

Informally known as the “God's influencer” Carlo was just 15 when he died of acute promyelocytic leukemia in Milan in 2006 and has two miracles attributed to him by the Catholic Church. Being made a ...