Christmas is a sad season. The phrase came to Charlie an instant after the alarm clock had waked him, and named for him an amorphous depression that had troubled him all the previous evening.

Sad movies not only make you cry, but they also make us empathize with the characters in a way that we feel their pain ourselves. The thing about sad films is that they stick in our minds longer than ...

The statue is thought to depict Septimius Severus, who ruled from 193 to 211 C.E. It had likely been part of a larger collection of sculptures from a shrine in Bubon where Roman emperors were ...

The pieces originated in Bubon, a Turkish site known for its links to the Roman Empire—and the extensive looting that occurred there in the 20th century. The statue is thought to depict ...

(AFP) - Hundreds of students at Damascus University trampled on a statue of one of Syria’s former rulers on Sunday, expressing jubilation as they returned to class a week after rebels ousted Bashar al ...

Archaeologists have discovered a "unique" ancient Roman drinking vessel mysteriously embedded in an Anglo-Saxon burial from the early 6th century A.D. The burial is one of 49 that were interred ...

There has been a tendency in the belated rediscovery of Camille Claudel for the artist’s biography to overshadow the art. True indeed, she suffered: first from 19th-century sexism; second, at ...

A sculpture has been unveiled at Molineux to celebrate Wolverhampton Wanderers' famous victory against Honved Budapest 70 years ago. Almost 60,000 fans watched Wolves take on the Hungarian ...

A 2,000-year-old tomb discovered in Heerlen, Netherlands, contained the remains of a Roman soldier. The site was first believed to be a cellar, but was determined to be a tomb after the discovery ...

Today we launch The Telegraph’s fifth annual poetry competition, and the theme this year is – a drumroll, please – “time”. As ever, the contest is open to all, and free (but note the T ...

Dec. 11 (UPI) --Officials in Bend, Ore., are asking residents to stop attaching googly eyes to the city's sculptures, despite support for the whimsical practice from some locals. The city's ...

Two renowned archaeologists explain to protothema.gr, emphasizing its connection to the famous Proclus House - See photos and topographic maps The timeless belief that Athens, and especially the ...