A wooden hunter’s toolbox inscribed with an ancient writing system from Zambia has been making waves on social media. "We've grown up being told that Africans didn't know how to read and write," says ...

Greek mythology can teach us about women's rebellion. In myths they spoke truth to power and fiercely resisted injustice and oppression.

Across the continent, thousands of Fulani people are holding fast to their ancient customs—while reshaping their traditions ...

Spotting a bear in certain parts of Connecticut is nothing new, but the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ...

When communities are constantly on the move, they lose political power. In Senegal, Awa Sow has radical ideas to change all that.

Modern humans wandered in from the southeast and found a continent already home to a very different kind of human: the ...

My father was born in 1914 in Fort Street, which ran across that site and was demolished to make way for the “new” Spitalfields market. It is strange that the Roman remains we ...

Museum of the San Fernando Valley: Hours: 1-5 p.m. Tuesday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Free admission; donations ...

God's response to Miriam's spoken outrage and disdain is to afflict her with what we know as leprosy, turning her skin "white ...

If you have been around any Greeks, you may have seen an old Greek woman dressed in black seem to spit toward a younger family member three times. “Ftou, ftou, ftou!” Don’t worry, it is not actual ...

Located at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary, the River Kenwater, Leominster is at the heart of the Black ...

It was in her hometown that Dior's artistic director, Maria Grazia Chiuri, chose to stage her farewell show on May 27. Though ...