By analyzing ancient and modern DNA, scientists are uncovering the genetic origins of the Greek people, shaped over millennia ...

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As the parodies of peace negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and America continue—most recently marked by the failed attempt to bring Putin and Zelenskyy together in Istanbul—Pope Leo XIV ...

This Saturday, over 3,000 museums in France and across Europe are opening their doors for free. Le Monde has selected unique events and visits to enjoy throughout France.

Roman society was, in many ways, surprisingly sophisticated. It built remarkable things like aqueducts that snaked over long ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

As Romania heads into a critical presidential runoff on Sunday between two starkly different candidates, many view the final vote as a geopolitical choice between East or West ...

Against that mantra, which I have lived by for many decades, I am going to offer a few sets of numbers and only one set of ...

Roman Grand Strategy Under Tiberius (Bokförlaget Stolpe, 2024) In AD 9, three Roman legions suffered a massacre in a ...

As a small but forceful, activist state that sits at the confluence of northern, central, and eastern Europe, Lithuania is ...

The US' history goes back thousands of years, thanks to a wealth of archaeological sites that give insight into the first ...

Cardinal Prevost's choice of the name Leo links him to Leo XIII, a 19th-century champion of social justice. It also recalls ...