The psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud discussed the roots of the uncanny in the familiar, something that is altered just enough to ...

The Pyramids of Giza, medieval markets, and the legendary Nile are just a few highlights of Egypt’s energetic capital. Here’s ...

This second episode of a three-part series exploring the intertwined histories of Pompeii and Vesuvius investigates Europe’s most dangerous volcano, and retraces the eruption of 79 AD.

The historian Procopius described how a creature called Porphyrios terrified sixth-century sailors for 50 years. But what was ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, it unleashed a torrent of destruction that obliterated Pompeii and neighboring towns.

SKIPPACK TWP., Pa. - A Montgomery County township supervisor was arrested Wednesday on charges of soliciting child pornography and sexual solicitation of a minor. Nicholas Fountain, vice-chair of the ...

Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the ...

Archaeologists discover a bench in Pompeii opposite the Villa of the Mysteries that reveals Roman social and political life.

May their intercession assist us in our trials and their example inspire us in our shared vocation to holiness,' the pontiff ...

"I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who ...

When pilgrims gather in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 19 to witness the canonization of Blessed Bartolo Longo, they will see not ...

The canonizations, previously approved by the late Pope Francis, will be presided over by Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 19 at the ...