Most folks just remember Charlton Heston and the chariot race, but trust us, Ben-Hur is the perfect Easter and Jesus movie.

from rock quarries to road-building sites, often a dozen or so miles away. The Roman legal code in place at the time forbade chariots from carrying loads heavier than 1,082 pounds, the maximum ...

Other scholars contend that Paul would likely have followed a safer route, the Via Sebaste, a Roman-built paved road that could handle chariots and skirted the mountainous terrain. Rock formations ...

Amman in Jordan is one of those cities you will wish you had more time in. As soon as I had my first glance out of my Uber ...

Year C in the lectionary, Palm Sunday is cancelled, so you need to do away with your palm crosses, and change the choice of ...

Outside are a large garden and parking area, the latter of which is approached from a small lane off the Roman road. The property is being listed with a guide price of £250,000 and is available ...

He was appointed to lead the Catholic world in 2013, and was the first pope to have been born outside of Europe in centuries.

From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about ...

A road in southeast Indiana is closed after a crash Thursday afternoon. According to Franklin County, Highland Center Road is closed between Oak Tree and Ramsey roads. The closure spans parts of ...

Unable to attend the Good Friday ceremony in person for the third consecutive year, the pope offered deep meditations for the ...

Touring the site with Schachner, I rode along as he piloted his van up a twisting, one-lane road to reach Hattuşa ... Egyptian and Hittite chariots wheel and charge as a larger-than-life ...