BJP MP Praveen Khandelwal has renewed the demand to rename Delhi as Indraprastha, highlighting its ancient mythological roots. The debate raises questions about the city's layered history and cultural ...

The Vanguard habitat, developed by UK-based ocean technology company DEEP, offers a glimpse into humanity's aquatic future. This compact yet ingeniously designed pod measures 12 meters long by 3.7 ...

A series of mysterious geometric formations on the ocean floor has left scientists puzzled. The structures, believed to be ...

Chinese magic mirrors are these mind-boggling artifacts that have been around for centuries. Basically, they're made of ...

There is a story about the Vestal Virgins that illuminates the religion of ancient Rome. It comes from 390 BC, when things ...

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park in Santa Barbara is exactly that kind of magical find—a pocket-sized portal to ancient California hiding in plain sight. This isn’t your standard tourist ...

Halloween 2025 brings ancient myths, eerie origins, and global twists to the spooky season. Know about 8 fascinating facts ...

History doesn’t have to be a dusty museum or a long list of dates, it can be a thrilling adventure that families actually ...

Now, groundbreaking research published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage has finally unraveled the chemical mystery behind this extraordinary preservation phenomenon. The teenage boy's remains, ...

In his elegiac new collection of stories – his first fiction since a 2022 attack that nearly killed him – acclaimed novelist ...

Hecate was a goddess for ancient Greek religion and mythology, and not a witch as some associate her with Halloween.

This Halloween, we revisit Rhidian Davis’s reckoning with the gothic’s many monstrous manifestations, from silent film to Hammer horror to Twilight. From our November 2013 issue.