The Hagia Sophia remains a highly popular tourist destination, attracting millions of travelers. Here is a detailed look at ...

Learn fundamentals of neoclassical architecture, including the history behind this 18th-century style and famous ...

The discovery of the ancient gate suggests that the famous king of the Israelites may not have been sole ruler of his time.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed off on the WPA helping to build the structures where the story of Jesus would be ...

Laura Itzkowitz The Pantheon, a former Roman temple and now a present-day church ... You may want to hire a tour guide to better understand the ancient history you're seeing.

Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

One hundred feet below, the icy Aksu River, known in ancient times as the ... that once bore statues of Roman emperors adorned a stone-roofed hut: It was a temple of the imperial cult, likely ...

Beneath the temple’s gold-plated roof ... “We cannot destroy the relics of ancient Rome, but we cannot mummify the modern city, either. The balancing act may be impossible, but we must ...

How can we sure Jesus existed? Who did he think he was? What were his intentions? A look at what we know about what happened ...

Through its architectural design that recalls key edifices from the Augustan period in Rome, and its symbolic decorative programme, the temple testifies to the moment of unification of the territory ...

Archaeologists launch a project to analyze 4,000 Roman bricks from Trier, Germany, revealing insights into ancient building ...