Originally, Lent began on the sixth Sunday before Easter. In the sixth century, its start date was moved to the preceding Wednesday to ensure a full 40 days of fasting since Sundays were exempt.

The discovery of 2-metre-long Buddha heads with intact features in Ratnagiri establishes that Buddhism was the predominant religion in the early medieval period ...

A 900-year-old book found in the Vatican is said to include ... an Irish bishop from the 12th century who wrote a series of prophecies about the sequence of popes. The text attributed to the ...

Bush Hager invited 11 of her past authors on 'Today' and thanked them for helping her book club come to life Nathan Congleton/NBC/Getty Jenna Bush Hager is celebrating six bookish years!

India beat Australia in first ICC Champions Trophy semi-final in Dubai; second semi-final on Wednesday as New Zealand and South Africa meet in Lahore; final takes place in Dubai on Sunday; watch ...

The hidden text is a fragment of the Old Syriac version of the Gospels, dating back to approximately the sixth century ... Scholars believe the book may have been cut into two when it was being ...

The inscriptions, believed to be from the sixth century CE, showcase Kushan-era craftsmanship and were carved using a unique thumb-engraving technique. The presence of North Indian names like Sri ...

Public domain via Wikimedia Commons The 370 skeletons date to between the second century B.C.E. and the sixth century C.E., according to a statement from Germany’s Max Planck Institute for ...

Akharas trace their origins to the time of Adi Guru Shankaracharya in the 6th century and have ... colonial rule in the 19th century drastically altered the perception and treatment of hijras. Jessica ...

If it’s anywhere near as good as his last works, the Mid-Century Modern Designers book by Dominic Bradbury will be an essential purchase. Which is why this should be so good. A premium book from ...

It was Kohli's 51st century in ODI cricket, but that came after giving the fans some really tense moments. As Kohli was nearing his ton, India were also close to the victory line. At one point it ...