Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A metal detectorist discovered ancient gold coins in the Netherlands that turned out to be a cult ritual offering. Experts believe the money left at ...

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for the Netflix series, The Midnight Club. Death is certain at Brightcliffe Hospice Center on Netflix’s The Midnight Club, from the creator of Haunting ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a hoard of gold and silver coins offered as diobolgeldæ, or “devil's money”, at a medieval cult site in the Netherlands, shedding more light on the rituals of ...

The Dionysian fresco, dubbed the "house of Thiasos" by archaeologists, was unearthed from a banquet hall amid excavations to Insula 10 Regio IX in Pompeii. (all images courtesy Parco Archeologico di ...

Ancient Rome didn’t abandon its gods overnight. The rise of Christianity was a slow transformation of the cult-based religious order that had structured Roman life for centuries ...

On a tropical island in the Southwest Pacific, a few dozen men gather in the rainforest. They are wearing long trousers but no shoes or shirts, and red paint marks the initials U.S.A. on their bare ...

Likewise, cargo cult rituals may have helped Melanesians cope with the uncertainty of their rapidly changing conditions. They also served crucial social functions. By bringing indigenous people ...