For as long as we’ve told stories, we’ve mixed fact with fiction: cities swallowed by the sea, warrior women, forgotten civilisations. While there is a lot of fantasy thrown in, there is usually some ...

SAN DIEGO — The total solar eclipse is one week away. Before there was scientific reasoning behind the astronomical event, there were cultural myths and superstitions for why the sun disappeared. Long ...

Ancient folklore was filled with strange and terrifying creatures said to dwell at the edges of the known world. Among them were the basilisk, a deadly serpent whose gaze and breath could kill, the ...

A hybrid solar eclipse is seen from Lautem, East Timor, Thursday, April 20, 2023. The lucky few people in its path either saw the darkness of a total eclipse or a ring of fire as the sun peeked from ...

The Greek goddess Chimera, was a monstrous composition of disparate parts that embodied an ancient fear of females.

Sky goddess Nut is shown covered in stars and arched over the world - not dissimilar to the Milky Way - E. A. Wallis Budge, The Gods of the Egyptians, Vol. 2 (Methuen & Co., 1904) The ancient Egyptian ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CLEVELAND (WJW) — In 1502, Italian explorer ...

The vibrant period of Ancient Greek civilization from 1200 BCE to 323 BCE gave us exceptional achievements that we continue to benefit from today. It was a long stretch of time that spanned from the ...

What did ancient Greeks wear in the winter? A natural question as all statues of Greeks in antiquity depict them dressed in ...

Ancient legends from thousands of years ago often find fresh audiences in new books. Test your memory of recent titles with ...

Scientists are puzzling over a strange feeding technique that they think whales recently began using: The creatures swim to the surface of the ocean, open their mouths into a gaping yawn with their ...