The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to see who would be ruler of Egypt. During the fight, Seth mut ...

This enchanting Greek cave is the stuff of myths and legends, complete with a storied past and a scintillating azure lake ...

History has had it out for the tomato. One of the earliest-known European references to the food was made in 1544 by the Italian herbalist Pietro Andrea Mattioli, who first classified it as a ...

Legends about King Midas definitely describe a historical figure who lived in or near Homer ... this is direct proof that at least some of the legendary figures from that part of Greek mythology were ...

Historians may no longer talk of a single Celtic culture, but in The Celts: A Modern History Ian Stewart crafts a unified history of a changing idea. This is a big, ambitious, erudite book. After a ...

In fact, it was such a significant civilization that people who study ancient Egyptian history have a special name: Egyptologists. Keep reading to learn all about why ancient Egypt was so influential.

In Belarus itself, the attitude to this event has always been rather ambiguous, since its historical significance for the development of the Belarusian statehood is seriously doubtful. At the same ...

One of the frescoes in the House of Phaedra captures a sensual scene between a satyr and a nymph—a frequent motif symbolising ... another layer to Pompeii’s ever-expanding archive of history, myth, ...

It might be a surprise to some folks to learn just how often murderous unicorns have been considered in myth. Just because ... in his 37-volume “Natural History” — and not as the heart ...

Ahead of its digital release this April, a trailer has arrived online for the historical comedy-drama ... Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth’s editorial and management team for ...

She was also seen consulting with costume designer Ellen Mirojnick, hinting at the meticulous attention to historical and mythological detail ... Other theories suggest she may play Calypso, the ...