From the first encounters with British colonial forces in the late 19th century to the postcolonial challenges of nationhood ...

Humans What were ancient humans thinking when they began to bury their dead? Claims that a small-brained hominin called Homo naledi buried its dead raise intriguing questions about ancient minds ...

Lifestyle Ancient Roman emperor Caligula had an unexpected interest in medicinal plants, historians find Tyrannical leader's botanical knowledge may have been motivated by fear of assassination ...

Discover the hidden world of the Druze — a secretive and ancient faith caught at the crossroads of the brutal Syria-Israel war. With no converts allowed and beliefs blending Islam, Christianity ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered a disturbing Ancient Egyptian burial practice that saw people dismembered before being put to rest. The discovery offers a rare insight into the spiritual life of vill… ...

Ancient Killer That Doctors Can No Longer Stop Is Spreading Worldwide: Study An study reveals that the bacterium causing typhoid fever is rapidly developing extensive resistance to antibiotics.

Canon Ugochukwu Ogoegbunam has decried the high cost of traditional marriage rites in Igbo land, and blamed it on what he called the declining of marriage institution. He noted that marriage expenses ...

HORROR BURIAL Disturbing Ancient Egyptian graves reveal brutal treatment of corpses 5,000 years ago including shock teen girl’s burial ...

Study translates fragmentary ancient Sumerian myth around 4,400 years old by Sandee Oster, Phys.org Editors' notes ...

The tree known as the Warren Kinney Oak may have put down roots in New Jersey even before Columbus set sail.

A mosaic panel on travertine slabs, depicting an erotic theme from the Roman era, was returned to the archaeological park of Pompeii on Tuesday, after being stolen by a Nazi German captain during ...