Research shows the Ishtar Temple at Assur was built on imported sand, revealing early ritual practices and the timeline of ...

Unlike the Egyptian pyramids, ziggurats were not places of royal burials, but temples dedicated to the patron deity of a city ...

The monument’s mysterious past has spawned countless tales and theories. According to folklore, Stonehenge was created by ...

The 1850 discovery of King Ashurbanipal's vast library of cuneiform tablets at Nineveh illuminated fascinating records and ...

A long-lost, popular song used in Babylon schools has been reconstructed, revealing how children learned to write and civic ...

Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's regime is facing scrutiny for widespread human rights violations amid weeks-long protests.

Sicko financier Jeffrey Epstein’s twisted “Pedophile Island’’ included an unnerving “temple”-like building featuring an elaborate ceiling mural depicting signs of the zodiac and a pair of ratty ...

On the outskirts of Los Angeles, on a four-lane suburban street adorned with palm trees, laundrettes, Korean dentists and car-repair shops, stands the tan marble and limestone facade of the Jain ...

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An Italian archaeological mission has discovered the remains of a sun temple belonging to an ancient Egyptian king near Cairo, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said. The temple of King Nyuserre is ...

For much of its history, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was a faith centered around meetinghouses, which were a buzz of activity throughout the week. That is far less the case today.

After months of objections from residents of this Dallas-Fort Worth suburb and looming legal threats, a $9.3 million church with a 120-foot spire is moving forward with plans to break ground. Project ...