Archaeologists in Jordan have documented a carved inscription bearing the name of Ramesses III, an Egyptian pharaoh who ...

Francis has broken with recent papal tradition by choosing to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore instead of St ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

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

India’s spiritual landscape is vast, layered, and ancient — a civilization where gods have risen, thrived, and in some cases, ...

According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to see who would be ruler of Egypt. During the fight, Seth mut ...

The ancient Greeks considered Dionysus the 12th Olympic god. He was not taken seriously by his father Zeus nor by most of the ...

In the northern Aegean, a hidden gem awaits. Samothrace, with its untouched landscapes and mythical allure, promises an ...