Archaeology, Culture, Religion and Spirituality

Footage of a Nevada teen's impassioned gay marriage plea is making the blogosphere rounds.

This happened at "Sweet Cakes by Melissa" in Gresham, Oregon, a conservative, low-income suburb of Portland. Notice that even though the owner cites Biblical...

The Irish potato famine that caused mass starvation and approximately 1 million deaths in the mid-19th century was triggered by a newly identified strain of potato blight that has been christened "HERB-1," according to a new study.

Why Hitler’s propaganda war against modernism and the avant garde dominated German art long after the Third Reich fell into ruins.

Imams across Britain will give simultaneous sermons condemning sexual grooming next month, as part of a grass-roots Muslim campaign to tackle the problem of abuse.

The Bible teaches that May 21, 2011 began a period of spiritual judgment upon the world and the end of the world is at hand.

A WHITE witch is to feature in an upcoming TV sketch show this year

Maya (Dawson) is an up-and-coming artist and college student who is date raped by a sociopath (Faust) who utters racist slurs in her ear as he brutally rapes her. She disconnects herself from familiar surroundings and struggles to break free of the resulting depression and addiction, Maya seeks out the help of a DJ she named Adrian (Marcus Patrick). The two lure the rapist to Maya's place, and after she ties him and blindfolds him, allows Adrian to rape him several times. At the end of the film Maya seems slightly regretful and recalls her saying she'd enjoy her revenge, and then sheds a tear, seeming to indicate she is still not over her psychological issues.

The Lords of Salem, a Rob Zombie Film
 
The basis of the film is The Curse of Margaret Morgan (played by Meg Foster), and her coven of 6 women (The Lords of S…

Kaitlyn Hunt, the 18-year-old Florida girl who made international headlines after being charged with felonies for her same-sex relationship with a 15-year-old peer, has refused a plea deal offered by the state attorney's office, according to CBS...

TIBERIAS, Israel (AP) — The massive circular structure appears to be an archaeologists dream: a recently discovered antiquity that could reveal secrets of ancient life in the Middle East and is just waiting to be excavated.

It's thousands of years old — a conical, manmade behemoth weighing hundreds of tons, practically begging to be explored.

The problem is — it's at the bottom of the biblical Sea of Galilee. For now, at least, Israeli researchersare left stranded on dry land, wondering what finds lurk below.

The monumental structure, made of boulders and stones with a diameter of 70 meters (230 feet), emerged from a routine sonar scan in 2003. Now archaeologists are trying to raise money to allow them access to the submerged stones.

The ancient Minoans were genetically European, DNA study reveals.

The Romans loved art full of violence and sex. But where modern viewers see smut and gore, ancient eyes may have seen something different.

President Francois Hollande signs into law a controversial bill making France the ninth in Europe, and 14th globally, to legalise gay marriage.

Wiccan inmate sues prison: A Massachusetts prisoner convicted of murder has sued a prison for not allowing him to use medicines including “dragon’s blood,” according to a report.

The couple filed two lawsuits that allege the defendants violated the child's 14th Amendment rights by performing the sexual assignment surgery on their adopted child who was then 20 months old.

Dixie Catholics credit the strong Southern sense of community, and dialogue with faithful…