By Crispian Balmer and Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Thousands of people poured into St. Peter's Basilica on ...

The skeleton was excavated from Driffield Terrace, one of the most significant Roman-era burial sites in Britain.

Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...

Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

The first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting animals has been found in skeletal remains from England ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...

Pope Francis will be laid to rest Saturday after lying in state for three days in St. Peter’s Basilica, where the faithful ...

The patron saint of the late pontiff, St. George, is credited with protecting the papacy and is also known as an intercessor ...

The papal funeral is scheduled for Saturday, April 26. It will be a more modest event than others, for a modest man.

Obviously, when I saw him, I didn’t know that he had less than 24 hours still on this Earth,” Vance said Wednesday.

In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial ...

The 35 winners of the highly prestigious Rome Prize were announced today. The prizes are awarded to American artists and ...