A key character in the film, the archbishop of Kabul, Afghanistan, arrives just before the conclave with paperwork declaring ...

Speculation surrounding a conclave to elect a pope is a time-honored tradition. But for the impending conclave following the ...

For the impending conclave following the death of Pope Francis, the ranks of armchair Vatican experts have swelled thanks to ...

With the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE, Rome entered a period of political upheaval settled only when Caesar's nephew Octavian defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra, took control of the Empire, and ...

Had enough of the crowds? Once you’ve seen Rome, consider a day trip to these lesser known but no less beautiful towns for ...

Had enough of the crowds? Once you’ve seen Rome, consider a day trip to these lesser known but no less beautiful towns for ...

The Great Circle in the title involves a series of spectacular and completely genuine ancient sites spanning the ...

Its spectacular scenery is matched only by the quality of ... With its craggy peaks, dazzling glacial lakes and ancient forests, Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park is a place of ...

(Related: Rediscovering China’s ancient Tea Horse Road, a branch of the famous Silk Road.) Nuodeng, a former Tea Horse Trail town, has some of the best-preserved examples of traditional Bai ...

The capital city of Italy is Rome, a city that somehow comes together by way of the natural conjunction of history, culture, ...

Taormina is the ultimate postcard Italian town. Clinging to a rugged hill overlooking the Ionian Sea, it attracted pioneering ...

Archaeologists excavating the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the ancient church in Jerusalem situated where Jesus Christ was crucified and buried, recently found evidence of ancient olive trees and ...