World Hippo Day serves as a reminder of their importance in the ecosystem and the need for their protection. For centuries, ...

Fruit baskets -with fruit still inside- that are more than 2,200 years old were found in Heracleion, the ancient underwater city of Egypt.

Many cultures around the world associate certain animals with good fortune and positive energy. Whether it's a symbolic ...

Spectacular statues reveal art tradition of ancient Rome’s lost sculpture capital - City of Perga on Turkey’s southwestern ...

Thousands of worshippers clad in white robes spilled onto Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro on Feb. 2 to pay homage to Yemanja, the Afro-Brazilian sea goddess.

Because of this, Sekhmet was an important Egyptian goddess. And ancient Egyptians worshiped her as such. Ancient Egyptians worshipped Sekhmet in a variety of different ways. One way was whispering ...

The two girls, ages 15 and 16, planned on placing pipe bombs around the school and using guns to then pick off panicking students and teachers, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office alleged.

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M23 rebels have advanced into the centre of Bukavu, South Kivu’s capital, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

A new land reform law is at the centre of Donald Trump’s aid freeze on South Africa. What does it actually do? Trump’s freeze on aid to South Africa caps years of growing tension over ...

In their pantheon, four gods stand out: Melqart, the god of the sea, the fearful Baal or Moloch; Tanit, the goddess of fertility - whose image ... where there are two copies of Roman statues.