Halloween famously comes from the Celtic festival of Samhain, but does Samhain itself come from an Ancient Greek festival?
Halloween comes every year with treats, spookiness and costumes. But why do we celebrate it on Oct. 31? And what does Samhain ...
The find, announced by researchers from the State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw working alongside the University of Warsaw's Faculty of Archaeology, has been described as even more significant than ...
The very first Halloween celebrations trace back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, which later morphed into All ...
A certified metal detectorist has made a groundbreaking discovery near Leipzig, Germany, uncovering the oldest coin ever found in Saxony. The 2,200-year-old Celtic gold coin, known as a "rainbow cup" ...
Halloween is an annual holiday, celebrated each year on October 31, that has roots in age-old European traditions. It originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light ...
The next time Halloween will be on a Friday will be in the year 2031. Halloween will next be on a Saturday in 2037. The History Channel states, "the tradition originated with the ancient Celtic ...
Trepanation is the first neurosurgical procedure humans ever performed, and it has been practiced across times and cultures, experts said.
An ancient Celtic Festival, the Catholic Church, the Irish Potato Famine, and community leaders turned Halloween into the ...
Ireland’s tales of the undead and Dublin’s Gothic architecture inspired the creation of the world’s most famous vampire, Bram ...
This Halloween, as children dress as witches for trick-or-treating, a real witch in Wausau is celebrating the ancient Celtic festival that started it all.
Did you know that the global Halloween market was projected to reach over $12 billion in retail sales in 2024 From costumes ...