While the popular understanding of most major, monotheistic religions tends to emphasize God, certain prophets and the written teachings of the spiritual tradition, there is a whole world of ...

Nov. 7, 2024 — Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected ...

Fish in Magic and Sorcery Fish and fishing tools were sometimes used in ancient magical practices, blending folklore with the everyday life of fishermen. Ancient Jewish magical texts, such as those ...

Will I be caught as an adulterer? A second- or third-century C.E. set of papyri found in Oxyrhynchus, an ancient city south ...

Ancient History relies on disciplines such as Epigraphy, the study of inscribed texts known as "inscriptions", for evidence of the thought, language, society and history of past civilizations. However ...

An ancient object that Jessica Lamont uses in her Yale classes may not appear menacing, but in Greek antiquity it was used for malevolent purposes.

Known for his knowledge of ancient texts and Sanskrit, economist Bibek Debroy profusely participated in policy making, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her condolence message on Friday.

“There were so many things that Anna sent us that we’d never seen or heard of before – articles about ancient shamen and the ...

The practice of witchcraft is as old as mankind In fact much of what we now call science started out as witchcraft Today it is depicted as the stuff of myths legends but witchcraft still works ...

For centuries, children in Ancient Egypt learned to read using a text known as The Satire of the Trades, a document dating back to around 2400 BCE. This educational text presents advice from a father ...

As a classics scholar who studies both magic and the senses in the ancient world, this idea of a witch-inspired perfume ...