Vladimir the Great baptized his people in 988, converting the country to Orthodox Christianity. Before that, the Slavs worshipped Svarog, Perun, and other ancient gods for centuries - each of which ...

PRAGUE (AFP) — An inscribed cow bone dating back to the seventh century proves that Germanic runes were the oldest script ever used by the ancient Slavs, Czech scientists said Thursday. Up to now, it ...

Skull of an individual of East African ancestral origin found in Viminacium, with the oil lamp featuring an eagle found in his tomb. A multidisciplinary study has reconstructed the genomic history of ...

Bulgarians turned out en masse on Saturday to honour the legacy of Saints Cyril and Methodius, the ancient founders of the Cyrillic alphabet, during one of their most important cultural and national ...

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It's the only realistic replica of a Slavic fortress in Germany. Sixty metres in diameter and five metres high, the structure represents an important era in history: the Slavic settlement of what is ...

Velesian Night is one of the most ancient and mysterious holidays of the Slavic people, which is celebrated on the night of October 31 to November 1. This special period was associated with the ...

The day of Saints Cyril and Methodius -- the creators of the precursor to the Cyrillic alphabet -- was marked by large crowds and solemn religious ceremonies across Bulgaria on May 23-24. 1 Locals of ...

Iñigo Olalde, Ikerbasque Research Fellow at the UPV/EHU and Ramón y Cajal Researcher has, together with the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE: CSIC-UPF) and Harvard University, led a study in ...