For our columnist Martin Steffens, the movement of a swing evokes that of the censer. In the same momentum, for the believer ...

Some of the earliest evidence of Christian communities in Jordan is found in spiritually infused artistry dating from the third to the 19th centuries, serving as creative expressions of faith and ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

A local government in India is offering a $1 million prize to the first person who cracks the code of an ancient script found in the ruins of one of the world’s earliest civilizations.

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

The Sterkfontein excavation site, which exposes the ancient deposits that once formed underground and contain Australopithecus fossils. The fossil-bearing red sediments clearly contrast with the grey ...