The remains of an ancient temple where Roman soldiers once worshipped has made a list of nine 'cool, hidden and unusual things to do in Northumberland'. The Temple of Mithras in Northumberland is a ...

In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, thunder and lightning strikes were the prime weapon of Zeus (the king of the gods, known to the Romans as Jupiter). Reminders of his power and wrath via ...

After the death of Alexander the Great, a eunuch named Philetaerus established the ancient Greek city of Pergamon a major center of power.

St Patrick was actually a Roman Briton, who was kidnapped by Irish raiders, spirited across the sea and enslaved, aged 16. How did he become Ireland’s national hero?

When we look at Iran through the prism of religion and see a Shia Islamic country, we negate its thousands of years of rich ...

Now, experts are saying that this may be the oldest sanctuary of its kind in the region, and what they've found within it ...

A rare Roman temple dedicated to mystery cult deity Mithras was discovered in Germany, with the oldest-known sanctuary in Bavaria dating to the first or second centuries A.D.

It appears that even the most skilled scribes of ancient Egypt made mistakes. A recent discovery at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has revealed that ancient Egyptian artisans used a correction ...

The nation’s official motto, “In God we trust,” has appeared on coins since the Civil War. The Pledge of Allegiance promises ...

During recent excavations in Regensburg’s old town, German archaeologists uncovered a temple dedicated to the god Mithras. Because the building was originally constructed in wood, only a few ...

German archaeologists have discovered new insights into Bavaria's Roman past from an ancient buried temple where Roman legionaries once worshipped the sun god Mithras.