The team headed to Harvard University’s Peabody Museum in Cambridge, where they were granted permission to collect the yeast ...

The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues.

After detailed scans of the find and a yearslong preservation process, experts identified the material as a 1,600-year-old purple fabric woven with gold threads. Its purple dye, now faded to a red ...

The papyrus details the prosecution of two main defendants: Gadalias, a notary’s son and something of an ancient Roman “bad ...

On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

Jelly Roll's FireAid performance was nothing less than a wild one. On Thursday, the 40-year-old "Son of a Sinner" crooner took the stage in Los Angeles as part of the FireAid benefit concert ...

Ancient manuscript: Newberry Library discovers it holds the largest example in existence of an extremely rare paper type By Peter Breen Chicago Tribune (TNS) Jan 31, 2025 ...

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 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Chinese artists leap from pedestals as they perform a traditional lion dance marking the Lunar New Year of ...

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 ...

with ungainly new buildings struggling to mimic those of ancient Rome or 18th century America. And most troubling, the policy makes it possible for Trump to use the relative permanency of federal ...