Mark B. Child has sweated more over his dissertation than any other scholar. He has poured out his perspiration in the French Quarter of New Orleans, in tony Georgetown, on a Navajo reservation in ...

Wedding traditions are rooted in superstition, religion and cultural exchange, even as couples continue to reinterpret them ...

Greece's Ministry of Culture has announced exciting new discoveries from the 2025 excavations at Ancient Tenea ...

Researchers have discovered the residues of psychedelic drugs, bodily fluids and alcohol inside a 2,000-year-old mug, suggesting that ancient Egyptians imbibed hallucinogenic beverages during rituals.

A 2,000-year-old mug produces the first physical evidence that the ancient Egyptians used hallucinogens, proving the old myths to be true, they were definitely getting high. As part of the ...

The ancient world was shaped not only by empires and monuments but by the strange and symbolic rituals that people believed kept their worlds in balance. Across continents, civilisations practised ...

A study of preserved plant remains found in the biblical home of Goliath has revealed fascinating insights into the mysterious rituals and religious practices of an ancient civilization. The plant ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient skull with an unusual deformity that reveals far more than meets the eye. Mexico's ...

Archaeologists working at the site of the ancient Turkish city Attouda have uncovered a ritual site dedicated to the Phrygian mother goddess, Matar. The site, complete with a cave and a “twin rock ...

Karin Albou’s timely “La Petite Jerusalem,” which unfolds at an almost excessively languid pace, examines how the Jewish and Muslim communities in a small Parisian town are forced by poverty and fate ...