After the death of Alexander the Great, a eunuch named Philetaerus established the ancient Greek city of Pergamon a major ...

Rangers opted against giving a guard of honor for newly crowned Scottish champion Celtic ahead of the 1-1 draw between the ...

Co Laois is home to a towering medieval fortress that allows visitors to experience a different chapter of Ireland's past ...

This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival ...

One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...

7. Mosasaurus: Also known as the “lizard king" of the ancient ocean, these creatures were marine reptiles that lived in the Late Cretaceous. In the 2015 movie, Jurassic World, the appearance of ...

Exceptional archaeological discoveries dating from the 4th century BC to the 1st century AD have been announced by the King Abdulaziz Royal Reserve Development Authority (KARRDA) in the Rawdat ...

After more than three decades of excavation efforts in the ancient site of Bethsaida in the Golan Heights, archaeologists have unearthed something miraculous: a city gate that dates back to the time ...

King Charles has followed the ancient tradition of handing out Maundy money at a ceremony at Durham Cathedral. The King, accompanied by Queen Camilla, presented purses of specially minted coins to ...

King Charles made a memorable return to Maundy ... and chose to accessorize with the Celtic Knot Brooch. According to the Royal Watcher jewelry blog, the future Tsar Nicholas II of Russia gifted ...

Using etymology, he concluded that various sacred mountains mentioned in religious texts all refer to the Great Pyramid of Egypt. This led him to believe that Jesus delivered his "Sermon on the Mount" ...

As apex predators sharing hunting territories with early humans, wolves occupied a unique and often contradictory position in ancient belief systems – simultaneously ... s own predatory aspects. Zeus, ...