Archaeologists in Ephesus uncover a rare incense burner featuring the god Serapis, revealing ancient trade and religious ...

Head to Alsancak, the old Greek-Ottoman quarter, at night. 12 p.m. Meander the 500-year-old Kemeralti Market, a vast enterprise of open-air stalls and traditional shops selling items ranging from ...

The death of Jesus Christ on the cross is not only a story of total surrender and eternal redemption. It is also a tale of all-embracing obedience on the part of St. John. On the cross, in His Seven ...

An interdisciplinary team led by anthropologist Gerhard Weber from the University of Vienna, together with experts from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, has concluded, after analyzing a skull ...

In 356 B.C.E., a man named Herostratus slipped into the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, Turkey, and set fire to its wooden roof, reducing much of the giant structure—which the Greek writer and physicist ...

A newly unearthed tomb of a Roman gladiator in Turkey contains the bones of 12 unidentified people but lacks his remains. The find sheds more light on the history of a key ancient Mediterranean port ...

The NPR Network will be reporting live from Chicago throughout the week bringing you the latest on the Democratic National Convention. Actress Kerry Washington introduced two of Kamala Harris’ ...

Actress Kerry Washington took to the stage with two of Kamala Harris’ great-nieces to explain how to pronounce their aunt's name. Amara and Leela are the daughters of Harris’ niece Meena Harris.

Democrats are falling in line to support Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's next presidential nominee after Joe Biden dropped out of the race Sunday. It means you will hear her name said more ...

As she steps further into the spotlight, you’ll be hearing her name said more — both correctly and incorrectly. How do you pronounce Kamala? Kamala Harris’s name is pronounced “COM-mah-lah,” with the ...

Recent moves by state leaders have reenergized a debate: Is teaching about the Bible in public schools necessary to develop well-rounded, culturally literate students? Is it possible to do so without ...