For much of LDS Church history, meetinghouses were the center of religious life. Temples have largely overtaken that role.

Nothing says Christmas like Santa flying through the air, glowing drummers suspended from the ceiling, live camels and concert-style lights — all under the roof of one Texas megachurch.

The newly excavated 4,500-year-old valley temple from ancient Egypt holds a "public calendar" and a roof for astronomical ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.