Pope Leo XIV's interfaith dialogue discourse carries political weight beyond its symbolic religious framework.

From ayurvedic teas to adaptogenic elixirs, luxury spas around the world are rethinking what to serve as guests move toward ...

Without systematic documentation, traditional plants’ uses could be lost or excluded from mainstream medical discourse.

The study examined the extent to which Christian and Muslim chaplaincy philosophies can be Africanised, amalgamated, and ...

The San hunter-gatherers of Southern Africa are among the most prolific rock artists on the planet, having produced huge numbers of paintings at sites across multiple countries. Many of these artworks ...

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 ...

Archaeologists working at the foot of Mount Hora in northern Malawi have uncovered what appears to be the world's oldest known cremation pyre containing adult human remains. Dating back approximately ...

The tradition of choosing Africa first in China’s diplomatic work in which the foreign minister visits the region at the start of every year, in the past 36 years is neither a hollow ritual nor a ...

Archaeologists studying burned bone fragments in northern Malawi have identified what is now considered the oldest known cremation pyre in Africa, offering a rare glimpse into the funerary practices ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jessica Thompson and team members excavating and mapping the pyre. (CREDIT: Grace Veatch) A team led by University of Oklahoma ...

A team led by University of Oklahoma anthropologist Jessica Cerezo-Román and Yale University anthropologist Jessica Thompson has documented something archaeologists have long struggled to find in ...

Analysis of 9,500-year-old human remains discovered in Central Africa, led by University of Oklahoma scientists, has revealed evidence suggesting these ancient hunter-gatherers cremated their dead ...