By the Viking Age, cats with a new genetic haplogroup, IV-D, show up in York, Orkney, and even Galway, Ireland. The Norse ...

This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival ...

The Victorian era is famously regarded as a period of restraint—restraint in clothing, social norms, emotional behavior, communication … the list could go on and on.

Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.

Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates was first to use the word hysteria, from the Greek hysteron (uterus), for an ailment that ...

One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...

April 22, Earth Day is celebrated once again as over one billion people help the Earth recover from the ravages of ...

Long before Easter became a Christian holiday, eggs were already seen as symbols of new life and fresh beginnings. Ancient ...

Even the name “Easter” comes from the name of an old Germanic goddess of the spring, Eostre/Ostara. Regardless of origin, ...

Easter' is found in English and German but in most other European languages the word for the festival comes from old words ...

According to Ecclesiastical tradition, it comes on first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon, which follows spring equinox, ...

Pagan Origins and the Name Eostre Easter is believed to have originated as a pagan festival celebrating the arrival of spring ...