Continued archaeological exploration at Tell Abraq in modern-day United Arab Emirates uncovered a history of cultural trade ...

For over a thousand years, cities in Ancient Greece sent sacred observers to other cities to monitor religious festivals and ...

The epics of Homer, written during Greece's Archaic Period, gave form and substance to the gods of mythology, shaping Greek ...

Archaeologists working at the site of the ancient Turkish city Attouda have uncovered a ritual site dedicated to the Phrygian mother goddess, Matar. The site, complete with a cave and a “twin rock ...

Each year, the Classical Studies department offers a capstone seminar for our graduating seniors. This year, the seminar was organized around the theme of "Ancient Religion." Our seniors have been ...

The African religious imagination already anticipates Christ. It’s ironic that as I crossed the Walt Whitman Bridge to attend an urban apologetics conference in Philadelphia I encountered the very ...

One of the most difficult things about studying religion as an academic is convincing people that things in the past were different from what they are now. To put it another way, what most people ...

Stonehenge is a mysterious prehistoric monument in England, known for its massive stone circles. It was built around 5,000 years ago, and its purpose remains a topic of debate—possibly a site for ...

Before the newly resurfaced ruins of the Basilica of Neophytos, Pope Leo XIV joined with Patriarch Bartholomew of ...