He washed the feet of Muslims, Hindus, Copts and Catholics and called religious persecution “a sin against God.” Pope Francis’ defiance of hate is his lasting legacy.

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A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

It’s a pretty appropriate name given where H. hades lives; the trench extends down to the hadal zone, itself named after ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

Whether created by ancient Egyptian scribes, medieval monks, or Mayan priests, these 26 remarkable survivors have endured ...

From HBO’s series House of the Dragon to Rebecca Yarros’s Empyrean book series, dragons continue to fascinate. Yarros’s ...

“The scene at Gorakhpur Railway Station presents a deeply troubling contradiction: walls adorned with sacred images of Hindu gods and goddesses are being defiled by the utterly unacceptable act of ...

A series of movies produced by Light Chaser Animation in which characters from Chinese mythology and classic literature are reincarnated in a retro-futuristic world resembling a more ...

A series of movies produced by Light Chaser Animation in which characters from Chinese mythology and classic literature are reincarnated in a retro-futuristic world resembling a more ...

What does it take to decipher an extinct writing system? If Joshua Hammer’s new book The Mesopotamian Riddle: An archaeologist, a soldier, a clergyman, and the race to decipher the world’s ...

The basketball gods opted for a theme in 2025. It was heart-rending, legend-making collapse. Florida's ability to capitalize on it was the reason the Gators will hang their third national ...