Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

More than a millennium after they were carried abroad for safekeeping, a collection of early Irish monastic manuscripts is returning to Ireland for a landmark exhibition at the National Museum in Dubl ...

If stones could speak, Ireland’s place names would be their voice—a living memory etched across fields, rivers, and mountains ...

Syria’s civil war drove a wedge between the residents of the small town of Maaloula, where two-thirds are Christian and one-third Muslim. Can they live together peacefully again? Syria’s civil ...

Meanwhile, archaeologists also say they discovered an ancient city buried below Egypt's pyramids. Researchers from Italy and Scotland claimed to have made the "groundbreaking" discovery ...

The overshadowed report dealt with the amount of money the State wants the religious organisations that ... party candidate Sheila Nunan. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up ...

In ancient Egyptian religion, Osiris was killed by his brother Seth and then resurrected by his son Horus. It was believed that when people died they went through the underworld to be judged by ...

ABSTRACT: This study explores the geometric and numerical correlations embedded in the Shroud of Turin, focusing on its dimensions and their alignment with iconic ancient structures ... another site ...

the Holy Tunic would seem to have better claims to authenticity than two other famed relics, the Holy Coat of Trier and the Holy Shroud of Turin. The Holy Shroud of Turin, an ancient piece of ...

The Irish government says it’s “deeply disappointed” that five out of eight religious orders linked to historical abuse at mother and baby homes in Ireland haven't offered any contribution to a ...

Only two of eight religious bodies linked to mother and baby homes in Ireland have offered to contribute to a survivor redress scheme, a report has found. The Sisters of Bon Secours offered 12.97 ...

Ireland's Minister for Children, Disability, and Equality, Norma Foley, published the report of Negotiations with Religious Organisations associated with Mother and Baby Institutions Payment ...