Ritual

Priests and new converts to the Roman Catholic Church cited numerous reasons for why young Americans in their 20s and 30s are joining the faith after the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Nazis themselves were murder nerds. Now their successors are LARPing as wizards of racial superiority as they commit very real atrocities—as seen in the recent parent killing in Wisconsin.

The small town of San Pedro Cutud in the Philippines continued its annual tradition of staging real crucifixions to mark Good Friday, honoring its most prolific participant, carpenter Ruben Enaje, with the bloody ritual for a 36th time.

Avoiding spring cleaning? These hidden health benefits might change your mind and encourage you to grab that broom.

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A powerful psychedelic long used in African rituals shows surprising promise for treating traumatic brain injury and PTSD.

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and more.

Four trays and four staff found in Tutankhamun's burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings may have been used in an ancient Egyptian ritual, a new paper finds.

The ancient burial structures, strikingly similar all across Europe and the mediterranean, have puzzled scientists and historians for centuries

The site may have started as a guard tower to protect a road and collect taxes, but archaeologists aren't certain.

Jennifer Homans reviews Akram Khan's dance piece "Gigenis: The Generation of the Earth," which is loosely inspired by the Mahabharata and brings together exponents of Indian classical performance styles, including Odissi, Kathak, Bharatnatyam, and Kutiyattam.

A Neolithic Timber Circle was discovered by archeologists in Denmark resembling the historical landmark Stonehenge in the U.K. It is open to be viewed by the public.

Further excavation and DNA testing may show the two sites are closely related.

AN EXTREMELY RARE "MEGALOGRAPHY" OF THE 1ST CENTURY BC, LIKE THE FAMOUS VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES Over 100 years since the discovery of the Villa of the Mysteries, a large … keep it going

Seven skulls indicate that the Iron Age practice was 'more complex than initially thought.'

A group called the Yamna once reigned supreme across the continent. But where did they come from?

"Such discoveries make our connection and historic roots—going back thousands of years—tangible."

"This is the only example I could find of an actual penis having potentially been used as a ritual object," said University of Reading bioarchaeologist Ellen Green.    LIKE BOING BOING…

The lamp depicts Jewish motifs from a time when Jewish worship was suppressed under the Romans.