Almost a century after it was taken from Gamilaraay country in New South Wales, a sacred tree known as a dhulu is returned by a Swiss museum.

The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues.

The scale invariance in branch diameter dictates how much smaller a limb should be as it branches and how much investment a ...

The beautiful town of Gubbio in Umbria, Italy, has the largest Christmas tree in the world. At least, a creative ...

"Our ancestors saw wetlands as mystical places where they could connect with their gods and the Otherworld." A 1,600-year-old ...

When I read that 52 percent of American adults say they believe in Santa Claus (according to a survey from Public Policy Polling), I wasn’t surprised to learn in the same poll that 42 ...

This oak tree has stood in this very spot since long before he or I walked the Earth. It is early winter when MacKenzie, an atmospheric scientist and director of Birmingham University Institute ...

The leader of the opposition United People’s Alliance (UPA), Gen. Pagan Amum, has expressed cautious optimism regarding the ongoing peace talks in Nairobi, Kenya. The talks, known as the Tumaini ...

Image of one of the rooms discovered in the ancient complex. An ancient pagan worship place, allegedly sealed by ancestors of Jesus Christ has been discovered in the heart of Jerusalem after ...

The second book of Kings describes Hezekiah’s suppression of pagan places of worship, or “high places.” It outlines how he “removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones” and “did ...