For decades, a sealed basement room sat untouched beneath an unremarkable building, its existence known to only a few and its contents to no one. When it was finally opened, investigators stepped into ...

Ancient Greece was a culturally rich place with fascinating festivals that sometimes were even secret like this one where men were forbidden.

In Tana Toraja, a mountainous region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, villagers pour massive resources into funeral rituals: lavish feasts, ornate effigies and prized water buffaloes for sacrifice. I witnessed ...

Officials recently unveiled the remains of an ancient religious complex at a site often identified with a biblical city cited in the Old Testament. The ritual complex, dedicated to the local deity ...