Wedged between the Middle East, south Asia and central Asia, Afghanistan occupies a pivotal place in world geography and world history. Its location has helped draw a diversity of cultures, religions ...

Vladimir Grygorenko is decorating the dome of a North Texas Christian Orthodox Church with an iconic representation of the ...

B Manjunath Kamath conjures up new creatures and narratives, using unexpected fragments of men, gods, birds and bovines ...

I desired dragons with a profound desire,” fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien once said about his childhood imagination, ...

Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only exception?

A free community shred event will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Roosevelt Student Wellness Center ...

Larry Niven's Ringworld won him the Hugo and Nebula awards when it was published 55 years ago. As the New Scientist Book Club ...

Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC, while some historians place it as far ...

“You need to expand your brain a little to understand art,” he added. Referring to various judgments, Adkar then said a case of Section 299 under the BNS was made out. “Our gods have been insulted… ...

Christian theology has long recognized these “visitors” as the Triune God and seen in this passage one of the first allusions to the Trinity. What lessons might we draw from this episode?

“He poured the drink, going from right to left, for all the other gods, drawing off sweet nectar from the mixing bowl,” the epic poem states. For those who enjoy libations from goblets or ...

He poured the drink, going from right to left, for all the other gods, drawing off sweet nectar from the mixing ... They are also scattered across the Aegean to Asia Minor and Mesopotamia, and can ...