Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell 'woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet', finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and the ...

As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

The Maya civilization had one of the most intricate religious systems in the ancient world. From powerful gods like the maize god and the rain god Chaac to the complex calendar cycles and ancestor ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

Mexico’s Maya and Aztec pyramids deserve a spot high on your travel list. These were once holy spaces for ancient civilizations, and each offers a moment of complete awe and a rare look into history.

I was standing in Garcia’s jungle-like garden in San Antonio, a small Mayan village in the western district of Cayo, in Belize. Bordering Guatemala, Cayo was in ancient times a center of Mayan ...

And now fresh reports in Spain claim that Barcelona have acted upon Rashford’s warning and will ‘sacrifice two players to bring in’ the Man Utd attacker. Barca ‘have made the decision to ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

“She was a sacrifice.” Besides chest wounds, police also discovered various lacerations on Mundle's eyelid, arm, and abdomen, as well as bruising to her eye and leg. “Holness stated he ...

Increased levels of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere would’ve caused immense crop failure, potentially leading to the “sacrifice ... of the worries of these ancient people—DNA suggests ...

The Sterkfontein excavation site, which exposes the ancient deposits that once formed underground and contain Australopithecus fossils. The fossil-bearing red sediments clearly contrast with the grey ...