Ancient Greek winter solstice festivals such as Haloa and Poseidon’s month blended astronomy, fertility rites, and the divine ...

Dozens of mysterious structures across the Northern Hemisphere – some nearly 5,000 years old – align precisely to frame the rising and setting Sun on midwinter's shortest day.

During the winter solstice in ancient Greece, festivals were held to honor the gods Poseidon, Demeter, and Dionysus.

The solstice - which falls on 21 December - is the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year.View on euronews ...

Did you know that the winter solstice has been observed by humans for over 5,000 years From ancient stone circles to ...

The celebration of the Winter Solstice is an ancient practice that is almost untraceable. While we know civilizations like ...

In the era of Mexica between the 14th and 16 centuries, it wasn't Christmas that was celebrated but a winter solstice feast.

The winter solstice is the astronomical start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, when the North Pole is tilted farthest ...

English Heritage, the organization that manages Stonehenge, said some 8,500 people celebrated Saturday at the monument on ...

Hundreds of visitors to the Egyptian city of Luxor woke up at dawn on Sunday to watch the sunrise line up with the axis of an ...

There was no denying the festive atmosphere at the site in the hours before dawn on the shortest day of the year as thousands ...