Nestled in the heart of the Trastevere district, at the foot of Villa Sciarra and on the historic Janiculan hill, lies one of ...

Compelling and comprehensive, this book may nonetheless be an uphill climb for lay readers with little more than a basic ...

Explore Asia's ancient cities, including Varanasi, Xi'an, Kyoto, Angkor, Bagan, Kathmandu, Petra, and Lhasa. Discover their ...

Everyone loves a good love story, but the true history of Valentine's Day is a bit different from the romanticized version ...

When a teenage girl is kidnapped from the shores of a fishing lake in Finland by a cruel goddess, her friend is determined to rescue her. But legend says the land of the dead is a terrifying ...

It might seem difficult to believe at first, but few men lived as extraordinary a life as Christoper Lee, the prolific actor ...

The city of Rome was the beating heart of the Roman Empire, which spanned from the rise of Augustus in around 27 BCE until ...

Pagans have many different beliefs. Rider believes in Norse traditions with an emphasis on gods like Odin and Thor. Others ...

To analyse the growing interest in UK folklore and mythic history, Ivor Starkey treads the path of traditions of the past to ...

That wasn’t just cinematic creativity—it was Malanka, Ukraine’s ancient and theatrical New Year celebration, captured in all its raw, unrestrained energy. Rooted in pagan traditions and most ...

Artificial neural networks are being used to decipher ancient texts, from the classical stalwarts of Greek and Latin to China’s Oracle Bone Script, ancient divination texts written on cattle ...