This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival ...

Many of the ancient Church fathers found an additional reason to celebrate Passover. They believed that Jesus was born on ...

After reading about the Teotihuacan altar found in an ancient Maya city in Guatemala, learn about Moloch, the ancient pagan god of child sacrifice. Or, take a deeper dive into the history of human ...

Summer holidays were cancelled (as was a lot of human life, which is much worse). A volcanic winter said to have been caused by multiple eruptions cooled the atmosphere for years – causing a big ...

In the Southern Hemisphere, the opposite is true, with the June solstice marking the beginning of winter. The sunrise in Asheville on June 20 will be at 6:14 a.m., with sunset occurring at 8:48 p ...

In the Southern Hemisphere, the opposite is true, with the June solstice marking the beginning of winter. The sunrise in Asheville on June 20 will be at 6:14 a.m., with sunset occurring at 8:48 p.m.

Children celebrating Easter, with their Easter Bunnies and Easter eggs. Sanja Radin/Collection E+ via Getty Images ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...