The Roman Empire left behind more than conquests and emperors; it crafted a legacy of architecture that continues to defy the ...

The Roman Empire, once the dominant force in the Western world, built structures that have withstood the ravages of time for ...

The famous temple complex of Baalbek, the ancient Heliopolis in Lebanon, is one of the largest Roman religious sites in the world and part of the world heritage. Baalbek has a rich history that ...

The Temple of Hercules Victor, above, is situated in the Forum Boarium, which was a bustling commercial center in ancient times, when many Roman merchants were fervent Hercules worshipers.

One of the most extensive Roman temple complexes in northern Europe, including sacrificial altars used by soldiers on a far frontier of the Roman Empire during the first century A.D., has been ...

Although the temple shares a name with Cupra, an Etruscan goddess later incorporated into Roman religion, archaeologists have yet to determine which cult was associated to the shrine.

An 1,800-year-old temple in northern England that is dedicated to the god Mithras was built to align with the rising sun on Dec. 25, a physics professor has found.

Ancient Roman temple complex, with ruins of building where Caesar was stabbed, opens to tourists The temples emerged during the demolition of medieval-era buildings in the late 1920s ...