Miraculous births of figures like Jesus, Horus, Heracles, and Alexander the Great are found in ancient myths across different ...

They purr beside you now, curled up in cozy corners or stalking across your living room but behind those glowing eyes and ...

From floating shrines and striking synagogues to golden monuments and sprawling sacrificial sites, these are the most ...

Although many spiritual practices address the body-heart-mind-spirit continuum, dancing is one of the few that includes all ...

The greatest civilisations of humanity – today increasingly merged into the amorphous world of the globalised consumer ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a "major" 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom that was ...

The Eye of Horus is frequently found in ancient Egyptian burials, particularly on wedjat amulets.

Apollo in the temple of Zeus. Credit: wikimedia commons / Egisto Sani cc by 2.0 One of the fundamental beliefs of the Ancient Greeks was that their beloved gods were immortal, but were they? What ...

Where else would you encounter talking babies, the Beatles, an anti-war parable, folk horror, social media satire, ...

In her right hand, the female figure holds laurel leaves, which Roman priestesses and priests once used to purify spaces.

Be honest, how effective do you consider crocodile dung would be as a contraceptive? It's one of the less bizarre items in a new Radio 4 programme on the history of family planning. Some of the ...