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In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

A spate of historical paintings depicting unhappy brides—the opposite of wedded bliss—have been making the rounds on social ...

He was a source of inspiration for many artists, even those who have nothing to do with religion, because he was a ...

With their flood of light and color, Yi Ming’s paintings have sold for high prices at charity auctions and have brought the ...

Pope Francis charmed the world with poignant acts of love, humility and informality, starting with his first appearance as ...

Most famous as the hometown of Shakespeare’s tragic couple Romeo and Juliet, Verona isn’t typically one of the first cities ...

Excavated from a nearly 2,000-year-old villa in Valencia, Spain, the broken-up murals once formed fresco decor ...

The 1972 concert film Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, back in cinemas this week, would change the way many thought of Pompeii.

A sweeping new archaeological discovery could fundamentally reshape what we know about early human intelligence and cultural ...

The former imperial capital is both the symbol of Japan's temples and geishas and of globalized overtourism. And yet, blocks ...

India’s sword-wielding grandmother still going strong at 82An 82-year-old woman who teaches the ancient Indian martial art of ...