The handful animal ghosts in the ancient world are often depicted not as friendly visitors but as mere tools for humans – and are often used to do evil.

A city getaway can cure many ills, from escaping the dreary Irish weather and bringing some sun, to simply getting you over ...

Downtown Ely centers around Aultman Street, where the six-story Hotel Nevada opened in 1929 as the tallest building in Nevada and remains a character-filled place to grab a meal, have a drink, or stay ...

As the year of celebrations marks 200 years since the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1825, Dr Joseph Brennan ...

Archaeologists in Italy have recently discovered ancient Roman tombs while excavating a necropolis, including one with a ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.

A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility cult. The statue decorated the façade of a monumental tomb dedicated ...

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies. But, in reality, ancient works of art were colorful and even ...