Our chief books critic Martin Chilton chooses his very best reads of the year, from state-of-the-nation novels to surprising ...

If author Sarah Penner had gone to a séance five years ago and asked to see her future, the psychic medium might have said: ...

Plenty of fascinating history from the Portroe, Ballina, Burgess, Birdhill and Newtown areas is documented in the most recent ...

In the Gospel of St Matthew, and in this gospel alone, we hear the story of wise men from the East who are led by a guiding ...

Our Luma Island Ancient Book Guide will go over where to find each of these collectables scattered across the island, and the rewards for doing so. When entering the town, you'll encounter a book ...

A student works in the laboratory at the Institute for Preservation and Conservation of Chinese Ancient Books at the university. [Photo provided to China Daily] It is common all over China and the ...

Archaeologists have discovered an inscribed silver amulet that one theologian now says may rewrite the history of Christianity north of the Alps mountain range. The inscribed amulet was found ...

A pair of free exhibitions on view in New York City take visitors to ancient Spain, unveiling aspects of the country's ...

Glaciologists used sound waves to reveal Ice Age landforms buried beneath almost 1 km of mud in the North Sea ... Despite their ancient age, the landforms have striking resemblance to similar ...

The ancient ruins of the sacred city of Caral-Supe, the oldest civilization center in the Americas, is one such site. Dating back more than 5,000 years, it is located in a desert near the Supe River, ...

Across the 24 books of Homer’s Iliad, the epic account of Achilles’ wrath at the siege of Troy, there are 240 battlefield ...