A study reveals that the Kasta Tomb in Amphipolis, Greece, built by Alexander for Hephaestion, was solar-aligned with the winter sun.

The largest and most lavish tomb ever built in ancient Macedonia may have been designed to fill with sunlight on the winter ...

The term 'sardonic grin' has roots in ancient Sardinia, linked to the toxic water-dropwort plant. This hemlock variant ...

Said to grow in South America and Africa, the ya-te-veo is a massive carnivorous plant that makes the Venus flytrap look like an herbivore. According to folklore, this legendary cryptid is a "terrible ...

“The importance of Ut unum sint is that it builds on the Second Vatican Council’s decree on ecumenism, Unitatis redintegratio ...

The Italic languages had already diverged into Latin, Oscan, Umbrian and possibly Venetic – a language which, as its name ...

I heard it through the grapevine: with National Wine Day falling on May 25, this month is the perfect time to indulge in a ...

The Sailor Moon is no stranger to weird theories, but some fans have pieced together puzzles most Sailor Scouts would never ...

WE HAVE reached the final destination, our capital Edinburgh, in this series on the ancient history of Scotland’s eight official cities ...

Mr. Hoffman is an associate editor of the Sun, where he covers politics and culture. He holds a PhD from Harvard and a law ...

So here in Paris, as at Salzburg in 2022, it’s no longer “Puccini’s Trittico” but “the Asmik Grigoryan Trittico”. Which would ...

There are at least 34 documented stories of transgender saints’ lives, three of which had widespread popularity in medieval ...