Claims that a popular toy collectible was actually inspired by a demon from ancient folklore circulated online in July 2025.

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Richly illustrated with more than 400 full-color photographs, Art of Mesopotamia is an astounding record by award-winning author Zainab Bahrani of artworks from this region, many of which have in ...

Iraqi artist Sinan Hussein confronts the viewer with life’s paradoxes in his surrealist and expressionist paintings, ...

Satanism’s modern renaissance took place right here, in the Bay Area, in the 1960s, when Anton LaVey established the Church ...

Foods like hot dogs, hamburgers, and potato salad have become menu essentials at Independence Day cookouts across the country—but their origins actually hail from all around the world.