Sometimes in Skyrim you wander into a hole in the ground, fight some draugr, defeat a dragon priest, collect a shout, and ...

Human beings are incredible at recognising patterns—which is an evolutionary reflex. See, we're hunter-gatherers, so being able to recognise the pattern of an edible plant against the pattern of an ...

Magic wands did not originate in modern fantasy but have deep roots in ancient ritual and religion. Early cultures used staffs and rods as symbols of authority, divine connection, and supernatural ...

Silhouette view shows Assyrian man dressed in traditional clothes waving Assyrian flag during the celebration of "Akitu" the Assyrian New Year 6775. | SOPA Images/GettyImages The earliest New Year ...

I knew my efforts to learn Japanese before my trip to Japan last fall would be no match for a fire ritual at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo, so at the beginning of the ceremony, I discreetly slipped in ...

From the early days of gaming, the best open-world games have always been right at home on PC. The leap into full 3D with Grand Theft Auto 3 and The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind might have brought ...

When Christopher Donnan began studying the art created by Peru’s Moche culture more than 50 years ago, he wasn’t sure how much it reflected ancient reality. From about A.D. 200 to 850, the Moche lived ...