Artemis is generally known as the ancient Greek goddess of hunting; however, she was a deity with various cults associated ...

In the holy writings of the ancient Jews, King Cyrus of Persia has the distinction of being the first and only foreign Messiah.

The ancient sanctum of Ameer Kabir in Old Srinagar. By Dr Syed Eesar Mehdi Kashmir lately remembered Ameer Kabir, the saint who crossed snow-clad mountains to cradle masses in the arms of faith.

Archaeologists have unearthed a long-lost Egyptian city that dates back 2,500 years. Located around six miles (10 km) south ...

as he was a priest of Apollo at Delphi. Luckily for us, the Hellenic Museum has its very own oracle. People can ask a question via their phone and get a cryptic response, much in the way that ancient ...

The Ancient Greeks may have had it better than we do in 2025. Imagine a world where leaders sought answers from a priestess instead of “experts.” From the 8th century BCE to the 4th century CE, the ...

The ancient world was shaped not only by empires and monuments but by the strange and symbolic rituals that people believed kept their worlds in balance. Across continents, civilisations practised ...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. But who knew that books could kill?

Take a world tour of monsters, from vampires in Serbia and giants in Cornwall to festivals of dragons in Bavaria and ...

B.C. might not sound like the best time to punch into a time machine, but for time travellers with a taste for ancient ...

Alexander’s Journey, a groundbreaking diasporic stage production by the Pan-Macedonian Association of Melbourne, reimagines ...

That beloved Persian priest brought to our vale not just Islam, but an imagination, an aesthetic, and a whisper of Shiraz in every saffron bloom. The recitations during his urs this year, soft and ...