Most scientists claim that Romans adopted their gods directly from the Greeks. The reality, however, is more complicated.

While various forms of post-Christian Judaism today are more centered around ... and all the other elements of ancient, Biblical worship. There was not a complete shift away from liturgical or ...

This mosaic, dating back to around 230 AD, offers evidence of early Christian worship and is the earliest known inscription identifying Jesus as God. Discovered between 2003 and 2005 by Israel ...

I have produced a recognizable body of scholarship on ancient Jewish and Christian prayers and hymns. During the formative period of biblical scholarship in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth ...

Karen L. King is Professor of New Testament Studies and the History of Ancient Christianity at Harvard University in the Divinity School. She has published widely in the areas of Gnosticism ...

After 1,700 years the first ancient Greek temple opened in Arcadia, Peloponnese over the weekend. Hundreds of people attended ...

Researchers found evidence that an ancient Hawaii place of worship was “a sophisticated seasonal calendar and more.” Photo from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa The system helped ancient ...