Once revered by the Aztecs, marigolds also feature prominently in Hindu rituals across India. Photographed on April 9, ...

The discovery of an impeccably preserved Celtic burial chamber in southern Germany is a "stroke of luck for archaeology," ...

When a corpse flower blooms, the pinky-purple spathe unfolds from an enormous yellow spadix that can grow to 3.7 meters (12 ...

While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering ...

A new study on titan arum -- commonly known as the corpse flower for its smell like rotting flesh -- uncovers fundamental genetic pathways and biological mechanisms that produce heat and odorous ...

As the scale of the disaster comes into focus, it is feared that unexplored underground car parks and tunnels could hold mass graves as vehicles were trapped by the fast-moving floods. Hundreds of ...

In recent excavations near Luxor, Egypt, researchers unearthed for the first time a tomb from the Middle Kingdom era.

Francis first visited the “Garden of Angels,” an area in Rome’s third largest cemetery housing the graves of unborn and miscarried children. Pope Francis presides over a ceremony on the occasion of ...

Researchers believe they have found a tunic that once belonged to Alexander the Great among artifacts in the royal tombs in Vergina, Greece, which has led to debate in the archeological field.

"I ask forgiveness from you, the survivors and descendants, for the grave crimes that the Germans ... It is among some 120 "martyr villages" across Greece. The German president described the ...

The Indiana State men’s basketball team is preparing for its season and first-year head coach Matthew Graves is ready to get going. The Sycamores will get things going Monday in Xenia ...