As Greece welcomes 2026, children sing timeless kalanta door-to-door, honoring Agios Vasileios with ancient melodies wishing ...

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

Greece is steeped in fascinating holiday traditions, with its Christmas carols, or kalanda, being some of the most ...

In 1428, during the Siege of Orléans, French and English forces stopped fighting their Hundred Years’ War to celebrate ...

Christmas, often perceived as a fixed tradition, is a holiday deeply shaped by belief, history, and evolving customs. From the unknown birth date of Jesus to the recent origins of many popular ...

Memphis, Tennessee – where the Mississippi River flows with the same leisurely pace as the lifestyle, and where your dream of affordable homeownership might just be waiting around the corner from a ...

The original version of the following piece appeared in the Salem News way back in 2004. The response created back then and each and every year is truly appreciated. It is presented having undergone a ...

The mighty Mississippi curves around Baton Rouge like a protective parent, cradling Louisiana’s capital city in its muddy embrace while whispering stories of steamboats, Civil War battles, and ...

Aesop's Fables are some of the most famous ancient Greek tales with moral lessons in history, and many of the tales are used ...

Meditation has been a common feature for eons in religious traditions from Buddhism to yoga, which originated as an ancient spiritual practice in India rooted in Hindu philosophy. But now, ...

Beginning with its construction in the fourth century B.C. and continuing for more than 800 years, the Temple of Isis on the small island of Philae, set where the Nile flowed out of Nubia, was visited ...

Not all time capsules live up to expectations. For Smithtown, Long Island’s 350th birthday in 2015, officials clad in ...