Sobek, crocodile-headed god of the Nile; Sekhmet, leonine goddess of war; Anubis, jackal god of the underworld; and Hathor, mother goddess with a cow’s horns: The ancient Egyptian pantheon of gods was ...

It’s hard to say for sure, but something special happens when an old instrument meets contemporary creativity. These aren’t ...

Pythagoras believed in reincarnation, remembered his past lives, and saw the soul as deeply connected to the cosmos.

We walk you through the incestuous, murderous, and surprisingly relatable world of Egyptian deities at The Met.

The most important theorem we learnt in childhood carries the name of a Greek philosopher, but not necessarily the legacy.

When musician Tharun Sekar built his first yaazh, he wasn’t just recreating an ancient Tamil instrument; he was unknowingly striking the first note of a cultural revival. In less than a year that ...

Life in many medieval towns revolved around constructing a cathedral, a massive undertaking that took generations of work by everyone from artists and architects to prisoners of war. Work in ...