Cape Town Opera delivers a superb production of one of opera’s true classics, Aida. This production reimagines the setting in an African futurist time and landscape.

The latter is all about philosophical mysteries and Masonic symbols in an imaginary Egypt ... Almost every production of Aida has monumental, ancient Egyptian sets filled with pyramids and ...

We may not have a 'National Treasure 3' yet, but we do have Guy Ritchie's 'Fountain of Youth' to satisfy the itch.

A secret society with sinister symbols including skeletons and ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, secret initiation ceremonies, obscure Latin phrases connected with alchemy and strange costumes. Some ...

Analyses showed that the bread was made with coarsely ground emmer flour, an ancient variety of wheat, and lentil seeds, with the leaf of an as yet undetermined plant used as yeast. Ancient emmer ...

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May 22, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever, pinpointing when it evolved to spread through lice rather than ...

(William Usaquen, Andrea Casas-Vargas via AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have identified a new pod of ancient hunter-gatherers who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America ...

Ghost hunters At the Xingyi archaeological site in central Yunnan, dozens of burials were discovered that dated from the Neolithic period (7000 to 2000 B.C.) to the Bronze Age (2000 to 770 B.C ...

A Masonic organization in New Bern is set to host a breakfast this weekend to honor veterans, first responders, and educators. The event will take place from 7 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the New Bern ...