America’s debts — Revolutionary and Republican — to Rome resonate 250 years after Washington’s crossing of the Delaware. Mr. Iaconis is an author and educator who embraces Giuseppe Verdi’s dictum: ...

Did Alexander the Great pave the way for Jesus? Hellenistic globalism, and the spread of Greek shaped the world in which Christianity emerged ...

Christmas is one of the most celebrated festivals in the world, recognised not only as a religious observance but also as a ...

Across Europe, many medieval churches stand on land that was considered sacred long before Christianity arrived. At first ...

Once Christianity was established, the first recorded Christmas that celebrated the birth of Jesus is often cited to occur in ...

The last secret of the Dead Sea scrolls has been cracked. The 930 texts rocked the religious community when they were found ...