Though it started in the U.S. in the early 1900s, the earliest ideas of the holiday can be traced to ancient Greek and Roman ...

As the Wheel of the Year turns to the spring equinox, it’s the time of Ostara, a Wiccan celebration of renewal and rebirth.

From floating shrines and striking synagogues to golden monuments and sprawling sacrificial sites, these are the most ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...

A 4 c. BC Greek fresco bearing striking similarities to the traditional portrayals of the Virgin Mary has been discovered in ...

Known for its thousand-year-old culture, traditional crafts, distinctive cuisine, and early Buddhist roots dating back to the ...

Many historians believe that the origins of the Easter egg pre-date the Crucifixion of Jesus by the Romans 2,000 years ago.

Mother’s Day in Spain, or Día de la Madre, is celebrated on the first Sunday of May each year. This means, unlike Father’s ...

Marcia Marcus passed away this month at age 97. Her works go on view along Alice Neel and Sylvia Sleigh at Levy Gorvy Dayan.

New discoveries in archaeology are overturning the assumptions that used to be made about a woman’s place in society all the ...