With every aspect of Roman life having a specific deity to call upon, it can be tricky to make sense of the ancient pantheon ...

All readings may be done in English. Note that the list assumes that you will devote most of your effort to literary sources. If you wish to devote substantial time to art and archaeology as sources ...

Christmas is a much-beloved holiday, celebrated by billions of people across the globe. In the U.S. alone, the Pew Center ...

Though not a seer, I think the splashiest, grandest exhibition of 2025 in America will be Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection. An impressive selection from a Rome ...

The very title of the film, directed by Uruguayan filmmaker Fede Álvarez, is a direct reference to a legendary figure: the founding myths of ancient Rome speak of the two twins who laid the ...

Although fictionalised, the story has a degree of basis in fact. The tale begins with Macsen Wledig, emperor of Rome, falling into a deep sleep after going hunting. He dreams of journeys of rivers ...

In particular, the twelve greatest gods and goddesses in the Roman state religion – called the di consentes – paralleled the gods of Greek mythology. Although they kept Latin names and images ...

One of the three Buddhist cave art treasure houses in China, Yungang Grottoes in Shanxi's Datong city, is a monumental work ...

The landmark has been given a spruce-up ahead of the Roman Catholic Church's jubilee, which begins on Tuesday. The would-be thief became distracted after picking up a book about Greek mythology on ...

Many believe that January was named after the Roman god "Janus". The months of the Gregorian calendar, widely used today, ...