Standing out among boarded-up buildings is St. Luke’s Czech-Catholic Shrine. Czechoslovakian farmers built the church in 1912.

A local leader of the Mexican folk saint cult “La Santa Muerte” was gunned down at an altar to the skeletal figure.

The parallels between our situation and that of seventeenth-century England abound—and so do the contrasts and ironies.

Authorities in New York have obtained an arrest warrant for Edoardo Almagià, a prominent Italian antiquities dealer accused ...

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped in tales of excess and cruelty. One enduring myth claims that as a great ...

Showcasing Latin American art and heritage, MOLAA celebrates Día de los Muertos with exhibits, workshops, and performances honoring ancestral traditions ...

The Domus Aurea, or “Golden House,” is perhaps the most recognizable and widely known symbol of Emperor Nero’s extravagant ambitions; built between 65 and 68 AD after the Gr ...

Ancients called this product "golden," and with good reason: olive oil is now a base for numerous skin and hair care creams, shampoos, and balms. Ancient Roman women spent many hours in their baths, ...

While the Statue of Liberty was designed by French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, who used reference images of the Roman goddess ...

The Gandhara art persisted until the 7th century and had some influence on the Buddhist sculptures seen in China and other East Asian countries.