A 2,200-year-old Celtic settlement containing coins and jewelry has been discovered in the Czech Republic. A 2,200-year-old ...

An ambitious attempt at a history of abortion from antiquity to today is valuable and interesting, but does not consider the ...

Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...

Scholars say handwriting errors in a 900-year-old document changes the understanding of "The Song of Wade", a lost English poem.

Rich Newey’s breezily engaging coming-of-age tale Adult Children follows a teenager as she spends quality time with her three ...

Following the witch hunts of the 16th and 17th-century, the Channel Islands got the dubious title of Europe’s‘witch-hunting capital’. Some 65 islanders were put on trial, and 33 of them were executed ...

From ritual exclusion to sati and being burnt at the stake for being witches, this meticulous examination of the cultural history of women who have lost their husbands to death looks at how widows hav ...

In Uganda, politics often intertwines with spiritual beliefs, as many politicians secretly consult traditional healers or ...

Members of the Church know the pioneers who traveled to the Salt Lake Valley, but do they know the pioneers of Romania, Greece and more?

Sociologists who measured supernatural beliefs in the US found that higher education and higher income are associated with ...

A dress worn by the character Geillis Duncan in Outlander will go on display at Culross Palace in Fife as part of a campaign to shine a spotlight ...