The ancient Greek religious festival of Anthesteria was revived in the center of the old city in Athens on Sunday.

International Greek Language Day opens the celebrations for the 2,500-year anniversary since Naples was founded by ancient ...

The "Our Spring Festival" Chinese New Year Gala took place at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on Feb 6, celebrating the inclusion of Spring Festival in UNESCO's Representative List of the ...

The few that could be opened were philosophical texts written in ancient Greek. But most of the scrolls were so badly damaged, they were considered illegible. More recently, researchers managed to ...

Hundreds of would-be vikings will take to York's ancient streets throughout February half-term when JORVIK Viking Festival returns for another year. The festival will feature reenactments and ...

Included in the finds were ancient stone hand axes that date back to as far as 1.5 million years ago. The ancient lake that has long been home to all of these hand axes offers a peak into the ...

This is believed to be the first ... Discovery of 'Punk' and 'Emo' Fossils Challenges Our Understanding of Ancient Molluscs Jan. 8, 2025 — Researchers have unearthed two fossils, named Punk and ...

From wolfing down too many mooncakes to rounding up your entire family to marvel at the full moon, there are certain traditions without which the Mid-Autumn Festival simply wouldn’t be the same.

This is the Rosetta Stone. It is made from granite and it has three sets of inscriptions carved into it: Demotic, Hieroglyphs and ancient Greek. The broken top and bottom edges suggest it was part ...

Ancient Egyptian person: Well it’s not! We need to know exactly when the river will flood, so that we plant our crops at the right time. That way, we can take advantage of all the nutrients left ...