By the Viking Age, cats with a new genetic haplogroup, IV-D, show up in York, Orkney, and even Galway, Ireland. The Norse ...

The word itself predates Christianity, but the conclave with its secretive deliberations and ancient trappings still captures ...

Holocaust remembrance in Israel is observed on two different dates. The official date is the 27th of Nissan, set by the ...

Hundreds gather at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to pray for the late pontiff led by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, ...

Imagine a world where modern Greek gods have children with the powers of ... as there's also the matter of a massively powerful ancient monster, and the titular curse to keep them busy.

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Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

The first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting animals has been found in skeletal remains from England ...

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

India’s spiritual landscape is vast, layered, and ancient — a civilization where gods have risen, thrived, and in some cases, ...