Tag: Religion

A researcher claims to have decoded an ancient inscription found on a 2,600-year-old monument in Turkey known as Arslan Kaya, meaning "lion rock" in Turkish. The inscription mentions the goddess Materan, revered by the...

The Book of Kells is an ancient manuscript created in the ninth century by Celtic Christian monks on the island of Iona in Scotland's Inner Hebrides. This illuminated manuscript contains the four Christian gospels...

Researchers have discovered evidence of an ancient Egyptian ritual involving a hallucinogenic drink that may have been used to reenact a mythical story involving the dwarf god Bes tricking the sky goddess. The team...

A mass ritual sacrifice of young children to a rain god in 15th-century Mexico has been linked to a deadly drought in the region, according to recent research. The skeletal remains of 42 children,...

Oracle bones are ancient artifacts from China that provide insight into the development of writing in ancient China. Dating back to the late Shang Dynasty, these bones were often made from tortoise shells or...

Astrology, a topic often associated with mysticism and pseudoscience in today's world, actually had a significant role in medieval society. Larisa Grollemond, assistant curator at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, curated an exhibit...

A recent discovery at Pampa La Cruz, an archaeological site in Peru, has unearthed a burial mound containing the remains of 76 sacrificed children and two adults. This site is just one of many...