This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival ...

A 47-year-old Polish woman has died after falling while climbing Mount Olympus in Greece. Her body was recovered from a ...

Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

This annual ritual, held on Holy Saturday (the day before Orthodox Easter), is a central tradition in Orthodox Christianity, ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

On the Saturday before Easter, thousands of Christians gather in the cavernous Church of the Holy Sepulcher for a ...

The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

There are many mysteries concerning the ancient Greek world, including the identity of some of its most illustrious members ...

As an archaeologist, I understand that the darkened layer left when fire sweeps through a city draws a sharp line in time ...

I desired dragons with a profound desire,” fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien once said about his childhood imagination, ...

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