This week the Getty Villa Museum will begin offering a rare look at scrolls from its ancient Egyptian “Book of the Dead” collection.

Since 2010, scientists have known that Neanderthals and our ancestors had offspring together, and those hybrid babies passed down their genes to many present-day people. But the idea of “archaic ...

This article originally appeared in The Conversation. If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like? You don’t just have to imagine it. The ancient Roman writer Aulus ...

Nexon has released a new update for Blue Archive, titled “We Are the Occult Investigation Society! Ancient Spells and Mysteries.” The update adds a new story of the same name and two new students, Eri ...

As a Harry Potter fan, even though I love almost everything about the Wizarding World, I can’t help but think about the necessity of certain subjects at Hogwarts. Because while everything sounds ...

Circle magic lets many casters come together to “collectively channel their magic into a single spell.” This allows for more powerful magical workings that one caster alone could manage, and it’s made ...

Spell casting captures our imaginations. The idea that we could achieve our life’s desires with a simple magic ritual is as alluring as it is ridiculous. What if it does work, though? What if we could ...

Ancient, magical spells of subjugation, love, and sex sounds like the opening lines to an adult fairy tale, but these steamy evildoings are also found on an 1,800-year-old ancient Egyptian “erotic ...

Grimoires are books containing magic spells and instructions for the making of amulets and talismans, but some of them also contained directions on how to summon and control demons. Grimoires have ...

The sun hangs heavy over central Iraq in late afternoon, painting the ruins of Babylon in heat and light. Dust rises from the ground in soft clouds, carrying a faint scent that seems older than time ...

From demonic entities to sorceresses of untold and ancient power, these seven characters have the potential to impact the MCU on a multiversal scale. Satana Hellstrom, the literal daughter of a demon, ...

Barbara Hannigan is fearless in the face of new music. The Canadian soprano has sung the world premiere of over 100 new works, and last year released a recording of songs by the contemporary American ...