With no confirmation of Jesus' birth and no mention of Christmas itself in the Bible, you may be wondering how the holiday ...

With no confirmation of Jesus' birth and no mention of Christmas itself in the Bible, you may be wondering how the holiday ...

On Christians around the world gather to celebrate Jesus’ birth, as many believe. With joyful carols, special liturgies and ...

Songwriters living in ancient Egypt would never have expected the words and melodies they sung would feature on Australian ...

Christmas is celebrated on December 25 due to a mix of theology, symbolism, and historical context, not a single pagan ...

The lesson here is uncomfortable: mythology and history aren’t complete opposites. They’re points on a spectrum. Some myths have kernels of historical truth. Some historical narratives get warped and ...

The modern Christmas themes of peace and joy were in short supply amid the ‘dislocation and danger’ of ancient Judea – as they are in today’s fractured world too.

Sometimes it takes a village to raise a window. Between 2015 and 2017, skilled masons meticulously carved and beveled arches and four-lobed flourishes for a Gothic-style stone window frame in Guédelon ...

Ideal conditions within an ancient cave system are revealing a rich history that reaches back to a time before humans settled the island and extends to the present day Some six million years ago, in ...