The summer solstice occurs each year on June 21. It was celebrated by ancient cultures across the world, including the ...

With “P’unchaw,” the photographer Victor Zea captures the light falling on Cuzco, Peru, where people have mixed Catholic and ...

Zias, published in the journal Levant, reveals how ancient Phoenicians may have incorporated cleansing into their religious ...

NASA continues to name its most important space missions after ancient Greek gods, but what is the connection between space ...

The team now believe the Agios Athanasios is the previously-referenced site of the Odysseion—the center of a cult of hero ...

At Agios Athanasios, a rugged site in northern Ithaca known since the 19th century as the “School of Homer,” a team led by ...

Explore ancient Roman history and architecture while enjoying the spectacular beaches and the plethora of fishing ...

Amateur archaeologists uncovered a sandstone relief of the Roman goddess of victory in Northumberland. The find occurred in a pile of rubble at the famed Roman fort Vindolanda. Dated to about 213 ...

The Roman era mosaic was found about eight feet beneath a home in Syria. Photo from the Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums The mosaic depicts Tyche, the Greek goddess of luck ...

Volunteers working at an ancient Roman fort discovered a relief of a goddess in the rubble, officials said. Screengrab from The Vindolanda Trust's Facebook post Centuries ago, a 73-mile-long stone ...