The pews of the Church of the Annunziata in Mercogliano, a town just outside of Naples, were filled with guests wearing ...

Valentine's Day was initially celebrated as a pagan fertility ritual called Lupercalia from Feb. 13-15. According to npr.com, ...

Valentine's Day is this week, but there are other holidays to celebrate love, friendship, or yourself. Learn about Galentine's Day and Single Awareness Day.

St. Patrick's Day is March 17. What to know about the holiday's history, why we wear green and which Florida city hosts the ...

Valentine's Day has gained plenty of false narratives over the centuries. Here are seven myths that you probably thought were ...

Louise McEwan Valentine’s Day did not begin with romance, flowers or sentimental gestures. Its roots lie in a pagan fertility festival marked by animal sacrifice, ritual violence and beliefs that ...

City-based artist Emer Whelan has launched Ór, a new limited-edition artwork that celebrates female strength, ancient belief systems and the legacy of St Brigid. Ór (gold) is a layered, symbolic piece ...

The Incas were known to engage in a sacrificial ritual involving children to appease their gods. Archaeologists have found ...

A conversation between Elizabeth Haust, Isabel MacCarthy, Mirielle Rohr, Shannon Cavarocchi, Teresa Ciocia, Turkina Faso and Viridiana, moderated by Marco Pecorari.

Each spring, Georgia’s village of Didi Chailuri revives Berikaoba, a pagan rite with masked berikas, music and wrestling, ...

In a chilling and rare display of reptilian behaviour, a female green anaconda was recently photographed strangling her mate to death during mating which is an act of cannibalism rarely witnessed in ...

In winter, when the days are shorter and the land seems to sleep, ancient Athenian women prepared for one of the most secret and significant events of the year: the Haloa, a festival dedicated to the ...