The Maha Kumbh Mela, a Hindu festival in India that is drawing hundreds of millions of pilgrims, is a powerful marketing tool for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies.

Old ‘Falcon Shrine’ With Cryptic Messages From a Roman Religious Complex A falcon shrine from the late Roman period was unearthed by archaeologists during the excavation of a religious complex at the ...

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Archaeologists have discovered multiple artifacts depicting ancient Greek deities in the ancient city of Finziade in Sicily.

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As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

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Richard Janko, a classicist at the University of Michigan, has called the papyrus “the most important new piece of evidence about Greek philosophy and religion ... birth of the gods, should ...