The text—the tale of a warrior ruler—may help settle a nearly century-old puzzle about the location of the Temple of ...

A team of archaeologists has uncovered the ruins of an ancient pagan temple from the Roman period in Italy. The temple was found during excavations in the ancient hilltop town of Spello, which is ...

A newly examined Greek inscription uncovered inside Homs’ Great Mosque of al-Nuri is reopening an old argument with big implications: does the mosque sit directly over the long-lost Elagabalus Temple, ...

A mysterious inscription sheds light on the issue of whether the Great Mosque of Homs in Syria was constructed over the ...

Did Christian zealots tear down thousands of pagan temples across the Roman Empire? The transition from the old Greco-Roman religion to Christianity remains one of the most debated moments in late ...

Excavated at the Medieval hilltop city were three inner walls of what was a monumental structure, likely an ancient pagan temple, underneath a parking lot. Their whereabouts were pinpointed by Douglas ...

Some 1,600 years ago, a group of Roman empire citizens in Italy received a letter from Emperor Constantine, allowing them to celebrate a religious holiday in their hometown rather than traveling to a ...

When Mustafa Şahin first saw photographs of the submerged ancient church under the waves of Turkey's Lake Iznik, he couldn't quite believe what he was seeing. The head of archaeology at Bursa Uludağ ...

An aerial photograph of the newly discovered Imperial cult ruins by Douglas Boin, Ph.D., and his team. (Douglas Boin via Courthouse News) (CN) — New insight into how Italy’s culture shifted while ...