Ghosts stories appear in several surviving texts from ancient Rome. What do they reveal about the people who told them?

Discovering that Oklahoma’s first capital city is basically a time machine that costs less than lunch at a fancy restaurant. Guthrie’s downtown area looks like someone took the best parts of the Wild ...

Halloween traditions originate from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which - in Ireland, way back in the day - marked ...

Halloween traditions originate from the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which - in Ireland, way back in the day - marked ...

The origins of many holiday traditions are shrouded in mystery, a hodgepodge of beliefs steeped in myths, folklore, legends, ...

DNA within dried feces dating from more than 1,000 years ago provides valuable insights into the pathogens that plagued ...

Thousands of years before modern history began, advanced civilisations rose along the Nile—and some vanished without a trace. What they left behind still baffles archaeologists today ...

The ancient site of Karnak is one of the most impressive places to visit in Egypt. Situated just a short distance from the ...

Excavations are shedding light on what life was like at the ancient site, which may have once housed hundreds of soldiers at ...

New research reveals the Moon's colossal South Pole-Aitken basin was formed by an asteroid striking from the north, not the ...

An international team of researchers has used artificial intelligence to analyse the first nine books of the Hebrew Bible, ...