Ancient Athens celebrated the Spring Equinox as one of the most important feasts, a celebration of resurrection following ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with archaeologist Gary Feinman about new findings that show democracy existed throughout the ancient world and was not exclusive to Mediterranean Europe.

Here's what to know about Passover, when Passover 2026 begins and ends, and a calendar of when other Jewish holidays land in 2026.

Long before clocks or written calendars existed, ancient farming communities faced a life-or-death problem; they needed to ...

A solar eclipse recorded in ancient China more than 2,700 years ago is helping scientists refine measurements of Earth’s rotation and investigate the Sun’s past behavior.

Today the Ides of March survives as a powerful historical metaphor. What was once simply a day for settling debts and ...