Few Finns play the bowed lyre, or jouhikko, an instrument whose roots stretch back thousands of years. For Tytti Metsä, its ...

The key takeaway is that the paintings do not simply show people moving; they encode recognizable ritual elements - like clapping women, dancers in circles, and altered postures associated with trance ...

A faded outline of a human hand found on a cave wall in Indonesia may officially be the oldest known rock art in the world, ...

Sometimes astronomers don't need giant telescopes to observe the wonders of the cosmos; they just need to look up at the ...

Hidden deep in the Appalachian Mountains is a US government–enforced area where cell service, Wi-Fi, and even microwaves are restricted. The zone exists to protect one of the world’s most sensitive ...

This month, AFP reported from OceanXplorer, a high-tech marine research vessel owned by billionaire-backed nonprofit OceanX, ...

Performers played traditional instruments such as the chang and alghoza, while singers serenaded the audience.

Prologue In the early 1970s, I wrote my Ph.D. thesis on Adamantios Koraes at the University of Wisconsin. I read his voluminous writings and hundreds of ...

Four award-winning Wicklow artists are set to host an intimate St Brigid’s Day afternoon concert of music and poetry, marking the end of winter and the arrival of spring. At the Threshold features ...

The United States should use this moment to argue for a different approach to the rules of war.

Jinji Dance originated in Paidiao, a town in Danzhai, more than 1,000 years ago. The millennia-old dance is a form of the ...

The latest edition of Desert X AlUla showcases larger-than-life sculptures by 11 Saudi, Indian and international artists.