The United Nations cultural organisation has added a remote Aboriginal site featuring one million carvings that potentially date back 50,000 years to its World Heritage list. Located on the Burrup ...

What if the universe doesn't care about us? What if our existence is a cosmic accident? This is Lovecraft's mythos. Here ...

Nature isn't confined to officially protected areas. A lot can be done to conserve biodiversity in other places too. The ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

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

The relationship between cats and humans stretches back thousands of years, but perhaps nowhere was this connection more profound than in ancient Egypt. From humble beginnings as rodent hunters to ...

Ancient India: Living Traditions, which opens at the British Museum this week, traces the evolution of Hindu, Buddhist and Jain art.

Why African myths and legends matter today African myths and legends are more than stories. They are living archives—repositories of ancient knowledge, values, fears, hopes, and spiritual truths.

Unlike many ancient animal cults that disappeared with colonization, aspects of Indigenous bear reverence continue in contemporary spiritual practices despite centuries of suppression. The Crocodile ...

Recent archaeological discoveries in Israel have unearthed African-style figurines dating back some 1,500 years, shedding new light on ancient cultural exchanges in the Mediterranean region. This ...

Rare African-style figurines dating back 1,500 years were discovered in ancient Christian tombs in Israel’s Negev desert.

But the recent discovery of 200-year-old rock paintings found in South Africa now has scientists hypothesizing that this ancient creature may have been far more than just a legend.