Historically, Viking wedding ceremonies occurred on a Friday, referred to as Frigg's Day or Freya's Day—after the goddess of ...

Fifteen couples recently held a traditional group wedding at Lianxin Lake in Liaozhong district, Shenyang, Liaoning province.

New research is uncovering a richer, more complex picture of women's roles as wives, priestesses, and scholars in ancient Greece. A woman places her robe in a chest in a fifth century B.C. Greek ...

As wedding season approaches, some wedding planners look to other cultures for ways to celebrate marriage. An example is the Romanian Orthodox wedding tradition, which instead of spotlighting the ...

A Bes mug used in ancient Egyptian rituals. Image: Tampa Museum of Art, Florida/D. Tanasi et al., 2024/Scientific Reports How does a concoction of honey, sesame seeds, pine nuts, licorice, and grapes ...

On the day of winter solstice, many Native American communities will hold religious ceremonies or community events. The winter solstice is the day of the year when the Northern Hemisphere has the ...