Unusual tusks on preserved skulls of dicynodonts influenced the look of a mythical beast painted by Southern Africa’s San people, a researcher suspects.

The Renaissance began in Italy during the 14th century, spreading across Europe by the 17th century. This period saw a ...

Mexican artist Diego Rivera had a dream: to build a sacred place to preserve and display his lifelong collection of ...

Researchers have recently managed to decipher the manuscript of the ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer ... written during the first century AD and was discovered by a Roman Catholic cardinal ...

Early on in Rabbles, Riots and Ruins: Twelve Ancient Cities and How They Were Evangelized, the latest book by esteemed Catholic author Mike Aquilina, he asks why the New Jerusalem was not thought ...

As a Catholic living in the world’s largest Muslim country, Baso Darmawan does not think twice about making the sign of the cross as he prays before a meal at a restaurant in the bustling ...

Between 1550 and 30 B.C., many ancient Egyptian paintings and sculptures depicted men and women wearing small, conical adornments on top of their heads. The type of activities people did while ...

The temple, carved out of rock in an ancient cave by Buddhist monks ... equipping key Buddhist sites in India with “state-of-the-art facilities.” The proposal was also in keeping with efforts ...

In that glacial sample from the Himalayas, scientists have now identified more than 1,700 ancient viruses, though they note that these species do not infect humans. Their findings, tracing how the ...

The authors of the comprehensive research book, ‘Ancient Catholic Sculptures of Sri Lanka’ are Lindamulage Romein Nimantha Silva and Warnakulasooriya Thilina Yohan Rodrigo. Their dedication to ...

An "extremely rare and unusual" ancient stone artifact—thought to be ... Depictions of winged figures such as these are known in neo-Assyrian art of the 9th-7th centuries B.C. and were ...

The trip also underscores a significant shift taking place inside the Catholic Church: its tilt to Asia. During his pontificate, Francis’ 44 previous foreign visits have included South Korea ...