Some of the wildest legends may actually be rooted in reality. Ancient people didn’t have science textbooks, just bones in ...

The DC Universe is populated by many cities that don't exist in the real-world, but would be notable travel destinations if ...

Although most people connect psychedelic drugs to the 1960s, they were used throughout much of human history, including in ...

Ancient Greek mercenaries were a ubiquitous force on the battlefields of the ancient Mediterranean where they fought for ...

Beneath the lake of Lerna in Ancient Greece, was an entrance to the underworld. Within this lake lived a 9 headed, gigantic serpent like monster that both guarded the entrance to the realm of Hades ...

These spectacular stone structures represent some of the most significant depictions of the religious and funerary practices of an ancient society that drew on both its Greek and Persian heritage.

In ancient Greece, Olympic victors were crowned with olive branches, while Homer referred to the antioxidant-rich juice as “liquid gold” in his epic poems. Today, Greece remains one of the ...

A team of researchers from Japan, China, and Brazil have discovered a new species of pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of ...

Greek mythology has persisted for thousands of years—long enough to be influenced by even older myths. The half-lion, half-woman Sphinx, for example, dates to ancient Egypt at least 2000 years ...

The events of the Trojan War are written about in a number of works of Ancient Greek literature, including Homer’s epic poem The Iliad, which is at least 2,500 years old. The cause of war is ...

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It’s going to be a golden time at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral this Memorial Day weekend, as Greek Fest celebrates its 50th anniversary. If you’re among the roughly 19,000 folks ...