Few figures in ancient mythology remain as legendary to this day as Odysseus, the fabled Greek king of Ithaca who devised the ...

A recent study explores Phoenician ritual bathing traditions in Israel, showing how water rituals played a central role in ...

Long overshadowed by the Colosseum and the Pantheon, this massive temple once stood as a symbol of Rome’s power. In this ...

There are many amazing archaeological sites in Attica, home to the capital of Greece, Athens, that remain relatively unknown, even to Greeks.

Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in Simhachalam, Visakhapatnam, undergoes traditional repairs to preserve ancient ...

Since the blocky world of Minecraft offers hundreds of different blocks and items to create almost anything a builder can ...

At Ryuanji Temple, visitors would place wooden tablets ... Horse racing also has ancient Japanese roots, with recorded history tracing back to 701 A.D. during Emperor Mommu’s reign.

Called a Maha Kumbhabishegam (“grand consecration” in ancient Sanskrit), it refers to the process of pouring sanctified water from vessels on the roof or “crown” of the temple. These ...

Instead, what is known about Herod I, as Live Science recounts, are his contributions to the kingdom he oversaw: “For example, he was a prolific builder who restored the decrepit Second Temple ...

Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu. Archaeologists excavate the site of the ancient Sumerian city of Eridu, near Basra in ...

The plan calls for the construction of two, 24-unit apartment buildings with 11 two-car garages on property owned by Calvary Temple at 3436 Winchester Road. The property consists of two lots ...

and other ancient Jewish texts. Scholars believed the scrolls were hidden to protect them from the Romans, who destroyed the Jewish temple in Jerusalem in AD 70. Based on the letterforms in the ...