Thousands in Taiwan and China have celebrated the Lantern Festival, a holiday that marks the end of the Lunar New Year period ...

According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 ...

Bananas are one of the most popular fruits in Europe. They originate from Southeast Asia and were introduced to Europe and South America as early as the 15th century. They are also among the oldest ...

Bananas are one of the most popular fruits in Europe. They originate from Southeast Asia and were introduced to Europe and ...

Over 5,300 years ago, ancient herders known as the Yamna people emerged from the steppes of what is now Ukraine, going on to ...

THE grave of a “vampire” whose body was decapitated to stop it rising from the dead has been discovered in a medieval fortress. More than 180 burials have been found at Račeša, a suspected ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 15th-century 'vampire' whose head was pulled from their body to prevent them from rising from their grave.

Historical texts, from official records to personal chronicles, are revealing how 16th-century weather shaped Transylvanian ...

In the Minoan palace of Knossos in Crete, a throne room built during the 15th century BC is considered the oldest such room in Europe.

Glaciers, sediments, and pollen can be used to reconstruct the climate of the past. Beyond "nature's archive," other sources, ...

The Little Ice Age was a period of global cooling that began during around 1300 CE and lasted until about 1850. Average ...

Records from 500 years ago document floods, famine and death in 16th century Transylvania due to wild weather swings during the Little Ice Age.