Being raised by hippies who met in a cult — not the horrible kind, but still — I have generally avoided getting too invested ...

Last year, a man living in the southern suburbs of Paris was renovating his basement when he made an eerie discovery: a ...

Yet its survival goes beyond mere luck; it is the product of brilliant engineering that has defied centuries of wear and tear. So How Did the Pantheon’s Dome Stand the Test of Time? Let’s explore this ...

I reach the final column in my series on the lost ancient kingdoms of Scotland and I am concluding with Bernicia, which flourished in ...

The latest episode “Made in the USA” podcast explores a company that uses collaborative robots, one of the key tools helping US machine shops and other manufacturers compete with lower cost countries ...

Check out some of the most famous animal statues in the world and find out about the animals that inspired them.

Explore the 7 Wonders of the World—ancient and modern. Learn where they are, when to visit, and how to plan your next ...

Many Eastern Orthodox churches are built to face east while all the church buildings of the Eastern Coptic church are designed to face east ( St. Mark’s in Alexandria is one). Buildings obtained from ...

Jesus, the lord and saviour would have gone by Yeshua or Yeshu, which were the two of the most common names in Galilee at the ...

"In a sense, we can trace a genealogy for militant Hinduism back to earlier times. History offers evidence of friendly ...

An ancient pagan worship place ... The religious shrine is carved into the rock near Temple Mount and is made up of eight rooms with an altar, a sacred standing stone (massebah) and presses ...

Following the siege of Jerusalem in AD 70, Emperor Hadrian founded a Roman city named Aelia Capitolina. On the former quarry site, he built a pagan temple, which remained in use until Constantine ...