It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Iran has marked its annual fire festival. Known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi, the ancient festival comes on the last Tuesday of the year, ...

The Town of Tyrone has officially proclaimed April as Tyrone Safe Digging Month, recognizing the vital work of the Fayette County Utility Coordinating Committee in promoting safe excavation ...

Evidence from ancient Mesopotamia reveals that bureaucratic systems were in place as far back as 4,000 years ago. Over 200 administrative tablets and around 50 cylinder seal impressions of ...

Ancient records described Neapolis as home to ... In the aftermath, unusual stone formations began to appear beneath the waves—shapes that looked too straight and structured to be natural.

Stonehenge was likely built as a project to unify ancient peoples from across the whole of the country, archaeologists claim in a new study. The research, published on Thursday in the journal ...

Archaeologists have determined that the stone circle monument in Dorset ... Flagstones is now considered a key piece in understanding the evolution of ancient ceremonial structures in Britain. The ...

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Scientists have used ancient DNA to help reconstruct 6,000 years of penguin history at the South Pole. The researchers found that Adélie penguins had taken over the habitat of southern elephant ...

New radiocarbon dating and human remains, red deer antlers, and charcoal found in the area puts this ancient stone circle near Dorchester ... construction in the county of Dorset during the ...

Police are investigating a sudden death at a home in Co Tyrone. Emergency services, including the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) and the Air Ambulance are currently at the scene of what ...

Adele, he says, was the most challenging to date. “I had to re-sculpt the entire thing because I had overcompensated on the bone stucture to make up for the fact that I have masculine features,” he ...

Emergency services attended the scene of a "sudden death" at a property in Co Tyrone on Sunday afternoon. Police and the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, including the Air Ambulance ...