This likeness of a Greek woman, once affixed to her wrapped corpse, is a startlingly lifelike work of art and a testament to the cross-cultural currents of the ancient world.

MERCOGLIANO, Italy (RNS) — Inside a church just outside Naples, people known as femminielli gathered for La Juta, a centuries-old Candlemas pilgrimage honoring the Madonna of Montevergine. MERCOGLIANO ...

Valentine’s Day did not begin as a celebration of love, but its roots can be traced back to ancient Rome and the mid-February holiday called Lupercalia. Lupercalia was a fertility festival that ...

If ever a game summed up neatly and concisely why Newcastle United have not won at Anfield for more than three decades this was it. The last time Newcastle won here in the league was back in 1994, ...

Eddie Howe’s team thrashed, humbled and blown apart in latest fruitless visit to Anfield since last league win there in 1994 Luke has been with the Telegraph since 2011 and covers football clubs ...

In parts of medieval Europe, families hired sin eaters to absorb the sins of the dead. The sin eater consumed bread and drink placed on the corpse, symbolically taking the deceased’s guilt. This ...

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A brief filed last week in a convicted murderer's appeal case argues that his verdict should be overturned. A jury convicted Richard Allen in 2024 for the killings of teens Liberty "Libby" German and ...

Richard Allen's defense team is appealing his murder convictions, arguing the trial court made several reversible errors. The appeal claims the judge wrongly excluded evidence about an alternative ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Lawyers for the man convicted in the Delphi murders have filed their full argument for his appeal with the Indiana Court of Appeals. Richard Allen was convicted in the murders of Abby ...

"These traditions slow me down, force me to recognize the passage of time and the way in which the changing of seasons has affected my world," writes Morgan Lockhart Morgan Lockhart lives in the ...