The ancient games were also a religious festival ... The main event at the Olympics was not a sporting event, but a sacrifice. On the third day of the games, 100 oxen were sacrificed and burnt ...

While Antoine Arnault of LVMH may insist that "financial benefits have never been a goal of this partnership," NBC’s ...

Rome owed the Olympics. It was a Roman emperor, Theodosius II, who had brought the ancient Olympics to an abrupt halt in 393AD because he considered them to be pagan. Fittingly, the Romans blended ...

Three new bells were delivered to Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, marking a milestone in its restoration following the 2019 ...

Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral, whose historic bells were silenced following 2019’s devastating fire, will soon echo again with ...

The IOA's letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) sent last month, declaring its “intent to host the Olympic and ...

an allegorical site or a tribute to ancient civilizations Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard Experts added a carbon fiber pole to help anchor the "Apollo Belvedere," which had developed cracks along ...

Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...

An ancient slab of seafloor that was around when Earth’s earliest known dinosaurs emerged has been discovered beneath the Pacific Ocean, where it has seemingly hovered in a sort of mid-dive for ...

Nov. 7, 2024 — Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected ...

Millions of years ago, long-legged, big-beaked, meat-eating 'terror birds' stalked the Americas. The imposing creatures ruled ...

On Thursday, the Gothic landmark took delivery of three new bells, including one that was used in the city's Stade de France stadium during this year's Paris Olympic Games. The Olympic ... marks a ...