When we found it, it was exactly as it was here 2,800 years ago,” one researcher said of the site in the ancient heart of ...

For decades, archaeologists believed that horses were sacrificed and placed on poles in sacred bogs during the Iron Age.

The Maha Kumbh Mela is among the world’s largest religious gatherings, featuring ritual baths, devotional singing, yoga ...

Naked Hindu ascetics and pilgrims are taking holy dips in sacred rivers in the first major bathing day of the Maha Kumbh ...

The sheer scale of the Hindu festival makes it a disaster waiting to happen. From new underwater drones to AI surveillance, ...

At least 400 million people — more than the population of the United States — are expected in Prayagraj over the next 45 days ...

Compelling and comprehensive, this book may nonetheless be an uphill climb for lay readers with little more than a basic ...

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Pagans have many different beliefs. Rider believes in Norse traditions with an emphasis on gods like Odin and Thor. Others ...

It’s a chance for locals to dispatch their ceremonial indoor pine trees and for the community, and curious outsiders, to gather in a bonfire ritual similar to one of many winter solstice ...

The author claims if left unimpeded the new post-Christian neo-pagan culture will usher in state-sponsored religious persecution on a scale not seen since the Diocletian persecution of the early ...