Celtic cultures dominated the vast majority of Western Europe, Northern Europe, Ireland, and the British Isles for millennia ...

Marianna Simnett's 'Crowns' are cast in an alloy that would make the elaborate headpieces burdensome or even painful to wear.

Dive into the sands of ancient Egypt and uncover the captivating story of Osiris, the god-king destined to die not once, but ...

But then in Snow White—the real one—the prince comes. And the prince’s love for her brings redemption. He awakens her to new ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

is located in Turkey’s southeastern Siirt province at the margins of the ancient region of Mesopotamia. Between roughly 3100 and 2800 B.C.E., communities began performing “conspicuous and ...

Ancient Egyptians worshipped many different gods and goddesses. The most important ones included Osiris (the god of the underworld who was later resurrected), Amun-Ra (the god of the sun), Isis ...

He poured the drink, going from right to left, for all the other gods, drawing off sweet nectar from the mixing bowl.” It doesn’t take long for the deities to soon begin laughing “irrepressibly” while ...

The cuneiform tablets discovered there and in other Hittite sites represent one of the largest groups of texts from the ancient Near ... alongside Sumerian, Akkadian, and Hurrian texts.

In the 900 years between those notable moments, Ancient Greek culture shaped contemporary poetry, democracy, philosophy, art, theater, and language. Take Greek mythology, for example: those ...