The many colorful elements of Kwanzaa bring families and communities together in between two other winter holidays. Food, ...

A 9,500-year-old burial in Malawi is identified as the world’s oldest adult cremation, offering insight into early African mortuary practices.

The textbook version of human evolution has long held that Homo erectus was the pioneering species to venture beyond Africa's borders around 1.8 million years ago. However, new analysis of five skulls ...

About 9,500 years ago, a community of hunter-gatherers in central Africa cremated a small woman on an open pyre at the base ...

South Africa’s iconic Newlands New Year Test won’t be played in 2025/26 due to SA20 league and stadium upgrades, breaking a ...

Kwanzaa is celebrated every year from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1. It lasts seven days, symbolizing the seven principles. This year, it will be from Friday, Dec. 26, to Thursday, Jan. 1.

Mystery woman’s cremation thought to be world’s oldest leaves archaeologists baffled: ‘Why this person?’ - ‘We don’t know why ...

INSV Kaundinya is inspired by depictions of ancient Indian ships found in historical texts, sculptures and reliefs.

Morning Edition host Michel Martin talks with food historian Jessica B. Harris about the history of eating greens during the holidays and how it became a tradition for many African-American families.

The custom of wearing white emerged from Afro-Brazilian religious rituals that were once criminalized and later absorbed into ...

Benin City, in southern Nigeria, has risen from a history marked by conquest and loss to become a bustling urban center of more than 2 million residents. Once the heart of the powerful Kingdom of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...