The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama, has turned 90. He celebrated his birthday on Sunday.

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever found left in a used car? Old phone charging cables? Fuzzy dice? How about a pagan ...

From Grenfell Tower to ancient Mediterranean cities, we're still creating gods and shrines in unexpected places.

The ornate discs, found in a grave during a 2018 excavation at Khirbat Ibreika in the Sharon region, were probably intended to enhance carrying handles for a coffin, according to ...

Many thousands of people welcomed the summer in Porto the way the city has been doing it for decades and centuries: by bonking friends and strangers alike with toy hammers and reveling in the ...

A gold shilling located by a metal detectorist near Norwich may be no larger than a fingernail, but it wields quite a bit of history—and some distinct designs. The small gold coin discovered in the ...

The Christian Church really took elements from pagan traditions and holidays, such as December 25, which is related to the winter solstice and was the holiday of the "unconquered sun".

Pagans are generally described as those holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions. Learn the origin, history, and traditions of paganism as we explore what pagans believe ...

While traces of Poland’s pre-Christian, pagan belief system are embedded in Polish culture and traditions, practice of the faith itself largely disappeared in the centuries following the country’s ...