Some of the burials included “curse tablets,” which were used to call for divine vengeance or request wishes from the gods. Now, scientists have deciphered the message inscribed on one of the ...

Excavations at the former Porte Madeleine hospital in Orléans, France, have revealed dozens of burials dating back to the ...

The move echoes a decades-old fight over religion in government, reigniting memories of Moore’s defiant stand in the early ...

A Leicester lecturer who attempts to predict the future by analysing sheep livers claims Cynthia Erivo will win an Oscar this ...

In the fourth century BC, an unknown – but clearly disgruntled – schemer from the Greek city of Antioch had a curse tablet made. Inscribed on a thin piece of lead and deposited in a well ...

The Code of Ur-Nammu was inscribed on clay tablets in Sumeria more than 4,000 years ago. Ever since, our overlords have been decorating the cities with "Thou shalt nots". London has a particularly ...

A sneak peek at upcoming street fairs, festivals, concerts, performances, art shows, library events, community meetings and ...

The main tomb of Yaba (a queen of Tiglath-PalisserII). The Third tomb. The Third tomb. Note the (sarcophagus is made of bronze) An inscribed tablet (which mentions curses against anyone disturbing the ...

If not for the work of two scholars, Alice Kober and Michael Ventris, the ancient Greek script Linear B would likely still be ...

For 30 years, under the leadership of Christian Astuguevieille, the Japanese label has seduced with its singular compositions, inspired by the scents of everyday life. The label's latest creation, ...