A complex series of ceremonies, the Three Letters and Six Rites aimed to ensure social recognition, family consent and ...

Alexander had a love-hate relationship with his father, King Philip II of Macedonia. While at times he appeared to be the ...

These structures are classic examples of ancient ingenuity in designing waterharvesting structures writes AARTI KELKARKHAMBETEPeople in the olden times knew the importance of water and had devised a n ...

And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years and he died from Genesis 55 According to the Bible subsequent progeny lived for hundreds of years with some in excess of nine hundre ...

At its heart, Pride is both a party and a protest. Here's a look at the event's roots and this year's events and themes.

Archaeologists working deep within China's Xinjiang province have discovered over 200 ancient tombs which date back to the Warring States period as well as the Qin and Han dynasties, according to ...

A new biography of Witkacy offers an opportunity to discuss the turbulent life of this artist – a man of his time and a lover of Pure Form – whose meaning is explained to us by Przemysław Pawlak.

The Government is set to launch a public appeal this summer for us to nominate our crafts, customs and celebrations ... which can be traced back to Ancient Roma and German pagan rituals connected ...

In the Odyssey, the ancient Greek writer referred to it as a game played by Penelope’s suitors during their long wait for her hand in marriage whilst Odysseus ... throughout time on numerous Greek ...

An ancient Iranian god of the sun ... C.E. Most imagery of Mithras shows the god slaughtering a bull (other images show him at a banquet feasting on the meat from the slaughtered bull), while ...

William Deadman, a specialist in archaeological remote sensing at Durham University, said the Cold War era satellite images are commonly ... two fortresses and an ancient river that was reportedly ...

Drawing on childhood memories of a famous street performer from 1980s Taipei, artistic director Cheng Tsung-lung and the Cloud Gate dancers weave a tapestry of ancient and modern images set to a ...