New discoveries related to works of art in ancient Greece and Rome continue to be unearthed. A Danish study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology in March found that statues in antiquity were ...

The Etruscan Menvra morphed into the later Roman goddess Minerva. Even the demigod heroes of ancient Greek mythology found their way into Rome through the Etruscans, who attributed the name “Heracle” ...

Aliasger K. Salem receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. He serves on the Executive Board of the American Association for Pharmaceutical Scientists. Selenium is a nutrient that ...

A man has been shot in the buttock in a drive-by shooting, police have said. Officers were called to Fountains Road in Walton, Liverpool, just after 21:00 GMT on Friday but the victim had already ...

Fragments of a rare Roman-era helmet were discovered alongside nearly 200 weapons, all buried in the foundations of two homes in Denmark. The first-of-its-kind find outside the borders of the ...

Jesus of Nazareth died from crucifixion under the orders of Roman magistrate Pontius Pilate on Good Friday. As recorded in all four Gospel accounts, when some of the women who’d followed Jesus ...

In Norse Mythology, the goddess Freja is associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and farseeing magic. She is featured in many mythological stories and often in stories inspired by ...