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The chapel, part of the Vatican Museums, will close indefinitely as Catholic cardinals gather to select Pope Francis's successor.

Bearing two royal Egyptian cartouches, the inscription is the first of its kind to be discovered in Jordan.

The four volumes, which the London auction house will auction as a single lot next month, were published between 1623 and 1685.

A skeleton unearthed in England offers the first physical evidence of human-animal combat in Roman Europe.

As head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis championed contemporary art and made history by visiting the Venice Biennale.

A lucky online shopper took home an authentic Magritte for just $1,580. Now, the untitled drawing could fetch $150,000 at auction next month.

“This is one that is quite transporting, both for the coloration and also the scale,” said a Christie’s expert.

Researchers in North Macedonia believe they discovered Lyncus, the capital of Lyncestis and the birthplace of Alexander’s grandmother.