Excavations of the northern defensive ditches of Magna Fort have revealed 32 shoes buried in the “semi-anaerobic low oxygen deposits,” according to a July 2 news release from the Vindolanda Charitable ...

The state was a vassal of the Holy Roman Empire and subject to the Pope’s authority in Rome but mostly chartered its own course. The prince-bishopric emerged around 980 when the bishop of Liège, ...

As pope, Leo XIV has focused clearly on peace policy, swiftly addressing the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. In doing so, he joins ...

In fact, in the early part of the nineteenth century there were considerably over a hundred of these houses, so that they may be said to have decreased 50 per cent. in the space of a hundred years.

A century ago, it was more usual to vote only twice a day. The longest conclave in the last 150 years was the one that elected Pope Pius XI in 1922. It took 14 ballots and five days.

Trento, located within the Dolomites in northern Italy, hosted the Counter-Reformation Council of Trent. | Dennis Lennox Trento, or Trent in English, could be mistaken for somewhere in the Austrian or ...

Archaeologists in Germany recently discovered a trove of artifacts from a 17th-century military camp, including some that shed light on a mysterious grave.

Photo from Ali Zeynali, UnSplash Archaeologists in Germany recently uncovered a trove of artifacts from a 17th-century military camp — including some that shed light onto a mysterious grave.

Archaeologists in Germany recently uncovered a trove of artifacts from a 17th-century military camp — including some that shed light onto a mysterious grave. Located on the outskirts of ...

Photo from Ali Zeynali, UnSplash Archaeologists in Germany recently uncovered a trove of artifacts from a 17th-century military camp — including some that shed light onto a mysterious grave.

Unusual 17th-century military grave puzzled experts. But now, new clues are found By Brendan Rascius April 18, 2025 2:13 PM ...