The ancient world was shaped not only by empires and monuments but by the strange and symbolic rituals that people believed kept their worlds in balance. Across continents, civilisations practised ...

An icy visitor from deep space has just pulled off one of the strangest light shows astronomers have ever recorded, flaring in brightness as it slipped behind the Sun and then emerging transformed.

Italian archaeologists discovered a "practically intact" metal battle helmet during a recent search in the Ionian Sea. The Superintendence of the Sea (SopMare), a Sicilian governmental organization ...