Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...

One by one, 13 Buddhist monks wearing brightly colored silk costumes and wide-brimmed black hats, stepped onto the rectangular courtyard of the Hemis monastery. They began ...

A Texas man who bought a Tyrannosaurus bataar skull in 2005 is suing the government in an attempt to keep it.

A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence – so ancient humans once known solely from their ...

A 146,000-year-old skull from Harbin, China, belongs to a Denisovan, according to a recent study of proteins preserved inside the ancient bone. The paleoanthropologists who studied the Harbin ...

The skull, which was elongated and shaped like a cone due to cranial bandaging, had suffered a major trauma to the head—the cause is still unclear.

The skull, which was elongated and shaped like a cone due to cranial bandaging, had suffered a major trauma to the head—the cause is still unclear.

Farmers Dug Up a 300,000-Year-Old Skull. It’s Unlike Any Human Ancestor We’ve Ever Seen.

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — At the center of the ongoing conflict is Esphigmenou Monastery, whose brotherhood continues to defy court and church orders to vacate the premises.

A monk has been hospitalized after an altercation at a monastic community in Greece, linked to a longstanding religious dispute.

Greek monk hospitalized after monastery clash linked to decades-old dispute A monk has been hospitalized after an altercation at a monastic community in Greece, linked to a longstanding religious ...

Thessaloniki, Greece — An Orthodox Christian monk was hospitalized following a violent confrontation at a monastic sanctuary in northern Greece, authorities said Friday. The incident is tied to ...