A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...

Court documents from an ancient tax fraud and forgery case show that tax evasion was an issue even 2,000 years ago.

Further back in evolution, two babies at once was the norm. Our ancient primate ancestors gave birth to twins. Modern humans overwhelmingly birth just a single child — a rather large child with ...

Bidding farewell to the mythical Dragon, the world welcomes the Year of the Snake on January 29 — the first day of the Lunar ...

Baby names inspired by Greek history and mythology are gaining popularity in the US. From Athena to Zeus, there is a name for your new baby.

Vālmīki’s epic poem “The Rāmāyaṇa” is a great work of literature and a treasure of Indian culture — but its political and ...

The project to rediscover scientific gems that lay hidden in ancient Indian texts got a major boost in the last decade when ...

Garnet is January's birthstone. Its name derives from the medieval Latin " granatus ," meaning "pomegranate," according to ...

Princess Beatrice and husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi have announced the birth of their second child together, a baby girl called Athena Elizabeth Rose—whose name has a very special meaning.

As St. Brigid's Day approaches on the 1st of February, the birthplace of Ireland’s beloved matron saint invites visitors to ...

Most Zillennials remember life before smartphones while being young enough to adapt to them naturally when they arrived. They ...

Even though almost all primates today give birth to one baby, our most recent common ancestor, located in North America around 60 million years ago, probably gave birth to twins as the standard.