As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

While Odysseus and Achilles fought for the same cause, they embody two different approaches to ancient Greek heroism.

The next God of War is potentially heading to Egypt, and these are the gods and goddesses we want to meet when we get there.

Archaeologists have just uncovered the first known funeral home from ancient Egypt. The complex included a mummification ...

The ancient Egyptians also believed in a never-ending afterlife. They thought it was more important than their life on Earth, so they spent a lot of time planning for their death. The ancient ...

The Sandman, based on the comics by Neil Gaiman, will end with its second season. This news came following allegations of ...

Her superpowers as a philosopher sprung out of the frustration at getting her thoughts and herself across to people who ...

Though his exact death date is uncertain, Eurysthenes likely died around 70 in the 10th century BCE. His contributions to Spartan governance and the political landscape of the Greek world make him a ...

The story is similar for each of the families I visit in Anachere, a community of about 90 members of the ancient Tsimane Indian ... battered them to death … slaking their ravenous thirst ...

Wall paintings were also points of meditation and devotion, which existed to reinforce the words delivered from the pulpit.

New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ...

From fantasy coffins to the very specific order of events during a funeral, Ghana has a particular funeral industry – and ...