Valentine’s Day -- the holiday made for a Hallmark movie. At least that’s what it seems like now. But it wasn’t always so ...

The Neapolitan cornicello, a small horn-shaped amulet, has become a popular present that lovers exchange on Valentine’s Day, ...

Food, music and culture have made the Italian southern city of Naples famous around the globe. But there’s another Neapolitan ...

Was Cleopatra the cause of the conflict between these two consuls, both eager to become the masters of Rome? Historians are ...

Valentine’s Day is one of the world’s most commercialised religious holidays – second only perhaps to Christmas. Originally commemorated as a Christian feast day honouring a martyr named Valentine, it ...

When the United States Mint was created in 1792, one of the first coins it made was the one-cent coin. The image on the first ...

Mine is, naturally, a bed of godly proportions. This is despite the fact that I have not grown a millimeter since I was a ...

What Valentine's Day candy was first created on equipment made for lozenges? Answer: Sweethearts Question: "Wearing your heart on your sleeve" has origins from honoring which Roman goddess? Answer: ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

Rebecca Hill investigates the artistic history of the cherub as a source for continual inspiration for classical paintings ...