Qi, often translated as “vital energy,” is the invisible force said to animate life and connect all things in the universe.

His unexplored tomb at Nemrut Dağ may show us more about death and worship in ancient Turkey. Several colossal heads that once stood in the mausoleum of Antiochus I of Commagene now lie in front ...

The ancient Greek word daimon—from which the modern "demon" derives—referred to god-like spirits and supernatural forces. While a daimon could be good or evil, the latter was a malevolent ...

“‘Qi’ roughly translates as life force energy and ‘Gong’ as work,” says the ex-City man who’s now looking to set up a ...

Qi Baishi, often referred to as the “Picasso of the East,” was a highly influential Chinese modern artist famous for his unique blend of traditional Chinese ink painting and modern ...

“He looked at Rome from that perspective, and now, I'm discovering it in the same way.” Apart from being ancient and obsessed with eating well, what connects the three cultures in our ...

Archaeologists working in Morocco have unearthed three separate ancient cemeteries, including one stone burial plot dating back 4,000 years, according to a study published May 13 in the journal ...

Featuring panels and talks from authors across the state. New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer will give the keynote; festival attendance is free and open to the public but registration is ...

Gilded coffin lids from the Pharaonic era, gold funerary masks and what's believed to be fragments of Queen Hatshepsut's ancient temple were among the 25 items accepted in Cairo on Monday.

This 'set' of Qigong exercises is 1,000 years old and is the most well-known of all the ancient Qigong. In Chinese, it is known as the Ba Duan Jin, or Eight Brocades. A brocade is a beautiful piece of ...

Located at the crossroads of several trade routes from the 2nd millennium B.C., Aleppo was ruled successively by the Hittites, Assyrians, Arabs, Mongols, Mamelukes and Ottomans. The 13th-century ...