At the same time secular populations experience plummeting birthrates, religious communities keep having more babies than ...

From venues to fashion, we rounded up the Bay Area's best options for the big day. The Conservatory at One Sansome WEDDING ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Egyptian temple hidden in a cliff face. The temple dates to around 2,100 years ago ...

Here, you’ll find the ruins of an ancient Mayan temple dedicated to the goddess Ixchel, the goddess of fertility and love. As you walk through the site ... The island’s local cuisine combines ...

Purdy, a single woman as the swinging ‘60s lead to the ’70s, is exiled by her own pious mother — “You can’t play God with this,” the elder woman tells her daughter — and disinvited ...

This phenomenon is believed to represent Kukulkan's (a Plumed Serpent God, associated with the wind in Mayan Culture) descent to earth, a powerful symbol of renewal and fertility. In the ...

New research has revealed that remains 42 children, unearthed at Templo Mayor, were linked to a severe drought that ravaged ...

the rain god, during a severe drought that ravaged the Basin of Mexico. Leonardo López Luján, director of INAH’s Templo Mayor Project, recently revisited this discovery. “At first ...

During the Mexican War of Independence against Spain ... This Marian shrine, however, had been preceded on Tepeyac hill by the pagan temple honoring the earth and fertility goddess, Tonantzin--our ...

The sacrifice of at least 42 children in Tenochtitlán, now Mexico City, was an effort to calm the anger of the Aztec rain god ...

The fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman is considered the replacement level, meaning that below this level, a population begins to shrink over time. India’s population is still growing, but at a ...