The Jigoku-zoshi (“Handscrolls of Buddhist Hell”) is a Japanese scroll from the late 12th century that graphically depicts ...

For many ancient Greeks following the Attic calendar, the winter solstice was a time for celebrations marked by the feast of ...

At the site of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, 13 ancient mummies with gold tongues and nails were discovered. The finds were […] ...

Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of the dead and protector of the gates to the underworld, was said to oversee every aspect ...