Christmas is celebrated all over the world in unique and different ways. With various traditions comes, of course, different customary foods. Christmas wouldn’t be the same without the smell of yummy ...

Even though Australia is one of the most culturally similar countries to the U.S., we sometimes just can't understand why they do the things they do and things that going on around there are totally ...

“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” Pablo Picasso There is always something special and mysterious about the last paintings of the artists who made their names in the world of art. ...

The richer we are and the more we consume, the more self-centred and careless of the lives of others we appear to become. Often we prefer to ignore the fact that there are still close-knit groups of ...

If Christmas cards are designed to send a note of seasonal affection to both your nearest and dearest and more distant acquaintances, then the images below might make you re-think. You might believe ...

Two thousand years ago, when the mighty Roman emperors ruled over a significant part of the world, they built large public stadium-like entertainment complexes called amphitheatres. The Ancient ...

In the final weeks of the year, many countries and cultures celebrate a myriad of holidays, and many honour Christmas in unexpected ways. Christmas Day in France is different when compared to ...

Chauchilla Cemetery is an ancient Nazca burial ground in the town of Nazca, Peru. Relatively unknown, particularly when compared to the world famous Nazca Lines, Chauchilla Cemetery is one of the ...

It would be a gross oversimplification of terms to call ‘rock music’ a genre. If rock music is a genre, what defines it? A few guitars? A powerful drummer? An ostentatious drug habit? Well, ...

A new exhibit honouring the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death has opened at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library. "Shakespeare's Here and Everywhere" is ...

“Bushido is realized in the presence of death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. There is no other reasoning.” ― Tsunetomo Yamamoto, Hagakure: The Book of ...

Excavation works in an ancient Christian pilgrimage site in northern Turkey dating back to 1st century B.C. have been resumed after two years. Birthplace of the Saint Alypius the Stylite, the ...

Are you interested in archeology? Do you aspire to know about the region of Mesopotamia? Well, there is a probability with regards to the same if you have heard about the Ubaid Period. The Ubaid ...

What was life actually like 100 years ago? Today's lifestyle, casual and pleasant, greatly differs from the lifestyle 100 years ago. Developments in the world throughout the years have greatly ...

Map are among the oldest firms of human communication, far from purely scientific instruments, they are almost always bound with history, mythology, and religion. The earliest maps were created long ...