Pyromancy refers to the ancient practice of divination—seeking omens, guidance, or spiritual messages by observing the ...

Dr. Norman Bloom unveils a clear path to reading Hebrew as it was intended to be spoken, after decades of study.

Today, modern linguists consider Yemenite Hebrew a living comparator to ancient Semitic languages — a tool for reconstructing ...

The burial site of a Peruvian priest was dated circa 1,000 B.C.—much earlier than expected. The discovery is changing how scholars view religion in the ancient Andes. Buried around1000 B.C., the ...

What did a vulture-bone flute sound like inside a cave? How about singing inside a tomb? Researchers are bringing ancient ...

Published in both English and Spanish, children learn the flower's Indigenous background and why its iconic red appendages aren't actually petals.

What is a common phrase bestowed upon tombstones, in condolence messages, and amongst social media posts following the death ...

For Italian mezzo-soprano Erica Cortese, 31, the greatest challenge in performing Chinese Tang Dynasty (618-907) poetry in a symphonic song was not only the language but also the intense emotions she ...

We speak with a professor in Wales who's working on an ancient Celtic dictionary.

Foras na Gaeilge said the dictionary is aimed at giving a new way to understand and use the Irish language without relying on dictionaries in English or in other languages ...

Laura, a retired college professor and Point Reyes National Seashore expert who spent most of her life in the Bay Area, left ...