The origins of the Library of Alexandria are still debated by historians, but it was likely established around 295 B.C.E.

Image of one of the rooms discovered in the ancient complex. An ancient pagan worship place ... The religious shrine is carved into the rock near Temple Mount and is made up of eight rooms ...

A religious shrine sealed up by the ancestors of Jesus — and preserved for nearly 3,000 years — has been discovered in the ancient heart ... s suppression of pagan places of worship, or ...

Stalls offering food and amusement are set up around the shrine, and in the center of the milieu of visitors performers conduct a host of ancient religious rituals, creating a lively atmosphere.

Players in colorful costumes have staged an ancient ball-kicking game called "kemari" as part of a New Year ritual at a Shinto shrine in Kyoto. "Kemari" was popular among Japanese noblemen in the ...

came from ancient Persia during the Sassanian dynasty (226-651), researchers announced March 1. Munakata Taisha shrine teamed up with experts and used X-ray imaging to analyze the artifact as ...

The Jewish courtiers refused to eat the defiled food of the Babylonians, which presumably was either not kosher or had been consecrated to pagan deities ... that very night Persian troops attacked ...