Ancient Greek oracles, omens, and sacred calendars shaped decisions from war to marriage and everything in between through superstitions.

Bloemfontein could become South Africa’s top astro-tourism spot, using clear skies, observatories and planetariums to draw ...

Are people willing to believe in AI because it taps into myths that are deeply ingrained in their imaginations?

To boost our understanding of a little-known civilization that thrived more than 3,000 years ago, scientists have built an ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

Many of the world’s most fascinating archaeological sites are overshadowed by their more famous neighbors, leaving countless ...

By Ben BRAKOFor centuries, African spiritual philosophy was corralled at the margins of global thought—reduced by colonial narratives to folklore, or dismissed by rationalist currents as ...

In the latest twist in human evolution, scientists have discovered that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belonged to a previously unknown ancient relative. Dated to around 3.4 million years ago, ...

The domestic cat may be a far more recent arrival to Europe than previously thought, arriving roughly 2000 years ago and not because of the Paleolithic expansion of Near East farmers. The findings ...

Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient human relative who lived alongside the species of the famous Lucy, scientists ...

Our skies are home to 88 recognised constellations. Of these patterned groups of stars, approximately 32 are visible in the southern hemisphere. Arguably, the most famous of these is Crux, better ...

A compound with two pools in Observatory, a townhouse in Green Point and a villa in Newlands. By Roxana Popescu This restored historic compound features three houses of differing sizes that could ...