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

Ruled by Hades, the god of the underworld, the infernal rivers of Greek mythology are often mentioned in ancient literature.

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 ...

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.

Dive into the sands of ancient Egypt and uncover the captivating story of Osiris, the god-king destined to die not once, but ...

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

The few that could be opened were philosophical texts written in ancient Greek. But most of the scrolls were so badly damaged, they were considered illegible. More recently, researchers managed to ...