Krewes of all kinds paraded down the streets in decked-out floats and revelers caught beads thrown by the krewes ... dates back thousands of years to pagan celebrations of spring and fertility ...

The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday.

Get your beads and King Cakes out ... The origins of Carnival trace back to ancient times, rooted in pagan festivals that celebrated the arrival of spring. In the 4th century, these festivals ...

There will be plenty of parades around New Orleans on Tuesday, March 4. There will even be parades for dog lovers after the official carnival season ends. Here's when and where to catch these parades, ...

Celebrated on Tuesday March 4 this year, the holiday is one big party: think music-filled parades, colorful beads, exposed chests ... pre-Christian, pagan harvest celebrations.

These Greek gods are often called the “Olympic gods” because some were said to live on Mt. Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece, towering over the Gulf of Thermaïkós. As captivating as they are, ...

Composite photograph of beads weighing an average of 0.0708 grams and measuring 5 millimeters in diameter, taken from a ton of scallops found at the Montelirio site in southern Spain. D.W.W. The ...

Few songs evoke fear quite like "Black Sabbath," the first track from the band's debut album released in 1970. This song – along with the album it debuted – is frequently recognized as a ...

Who invented Christmas? Historian Lucy Worsley traces the roots of Christmas by exploring the Anglo-Saxon tradition, wassailing where people sing to the apple trees to celebrate the winter ...

Gather the beads, prep the sweets ... Since Carnival dates back to the ancient days of pagan spring and fertility rites, much of its origin derives from Medieval Latin. In fact, "carnelevarium ...

Do you know that beads have been found in graves of men who died a long time ago – like thousands of years ago. Check out a recent report here in Huffingtonpost.com – Researchers have discovered three ...