Italian cuisine may be one of the most recognised and loved in the world. But now, a food historian is arguing that the ...

William Barrett is hardly remembered in Catholic academic or literary circles, though his Catholic novels offer richly ...

Ireland elevates St. Brigid alongside St. Patrick, reclaiming its forgotten female saint and marking a dramatic shift from ...

(Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated how far ... Cold, dark and distant, it was named after the Roman god of the underworld. In Greek mythology, the corresponding god is Hades.

Greek myth states that the region near Asini was first populated by the Dryopes, an ancient tribe driven out by Hercules.

Somewhat lost to history in our memory and mythology of the founding fathers is the fact that their optimism regarding their ...

Clay: A Human History,” by Jennifer Lucy Allan, is a collection of fascinating fragments, from ancient myths to music made in porcelain bowls.

Hagiographies (writing on the lives of saints) give us a glimpse of the food culture of early medieval Ireland, when Patrick ...

Six kilometers from Tarragona (roman Tarraco in Catalonia ... helping to perpetuate the myth of the Scipios. In the 18th century, archaeologist Enrique Flórez produced detailed drawings and studies of ...

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

In his writing, Patrick recounts how he was captured by raiders and sold into slavery in Ireland. Six years later, he ...