Many of these quirks and common practices that people follow unquestioningly are steeped in history, dating back hundreds and sometimes thousands of years to ancient times. So what are the origins of ...

Christiana Herringham led a historic project, involving some of India’s greatest artists, to copy Ajanta images so that they ...

Formerly a magazine journalist, his work has appeared in over 30 newsstand print publications and online brands covering a ...

Several tombs in the necropolises of Egypt depict figures dancing across the walls and playing instruments. But when ...

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"We can't get a fossil to move, so we're using robots to simulate their anatomy and behavior," says Dr. Michael Ishida.

The "King Solomon" pendant likely belonged to a cavalry soldier stationed at the ancient Byzantine city of Hadrianopolis.

The simple fact is that Black Americans are not on the whole their descendants. They are the descendants of all of Africa, a ...

A recent study finds one of the most famous civilizations in history may have been using hallucinogens in their ancient rituals.

Deep in Idaho’s Clearwater Mountains, along the beautiful Lochsa River, is a stand of ancient cedar trees. These trees stand ...

Scattered around the country are metropolises where skyscrapers edge the coastline, cities of temples and pagodas that ...