Mesopotamia, eighth century b.c. Streams and irrigation canals shown on both reliefs are also mentioned in a text commissioned by Sennacherib that records his grand efforts to transform Nineveh. This ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by At Greenwich House Theater, Greta Gertler Gold and Hilary Bell’s stage adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s novel hovers between reverie and reality. By ...

Films tend to set up and solve mysteries. But in Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), based on Joan Lindsay’s 1967 novel and evocatively orchestrated with Gheorghe Zamfir’s maddeningly ...

The ancient funeral tradition of “hanging coffins” in southern China was carried out by ancestors of a minority ethnic group still living in the region today, a new study has found. The report ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Authorities in Helena-West Helena are investigating after a body was found hanging from a tree near a grocery store on Wednesday. Officials stated that a civilian near Hays Grocery ...

People buried in "hanging coffins" thousands of years ago in China and Southeast Asia have finally been identified through DNA research. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Yes, the president of the United States endorsed hanging senators and representatives ...

“Picnic at Hanging Rock: The Musical,” an adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s eerie novel, will begin performances on Dec. 16 at the Greenwich House Theatre (27 Barrow Street) for a strictly limited ...

First brought to global recognition through Peter Weir's iconic film, this musical adaptation powerfully reimagines the story through a female lens. On Valentine’s Day in 1900, a group of teenage ...

In the heart of the Mississippi farmland, where cotton plantations once drove the slave economy, the recent news of a Black student found hanged from a tree on the campus of Delta State University ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Harris County medical examiner's office identified a man found hanging underneath the I-610 North Loop overpass in northeast Houston last week as Jeremy Norman Carnes.