The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

From the sheer volume of flowers purchased in the U.S. to the holiday's unique origins, there are many fascinating facts about how we celebrate Mother's Day today.

April 22, Earth Day is celebrated once again as over one billion people help the Earth recover from the ravages of ...

Today, Khambeswari is revered as a fierce avatar of Bana Durga. On Dussehra, even Shudra priests perform goat sacrifices, remarkably accepted by all castes, defying social norms. Her image resembles ...

You'd be wrong to think the ancient Greek gods bled red like you and me, as ichor was the substance that defined their ...

New discoveries are overturning the assumptions that used to be made about a woman’s place in society, writes Emily Hauser ...

The Spanish word for Easter is Pascua. In Italian, it’s Pasqua. French speakers have Pâques. All of these words derive from ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – An ancient Greco-Roman bronze statue that the New York District Attorney’s Office said was looted from a site in Turkey will be put on public display one final time at the ...

has long believed that the Taposiris Magna could house the tomb of Ancient Egypt’s most famous queen. Cleopatra VII was deeply connected to the goddess Isis - wife of Osiris and mother of Horus ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands ... and surmounted by the astonishing relief sculpture of the woman and man. They're standing side by ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so ... and surmounted by the astonishing relief sculpture of the woman and man. They're standing side by side, but not touching.