The concept of “god” and “ goddess ” is one of the most ancient, predating recorded history itself. While this concept means different things for different people, its etymological root is connected ...

Ancient Egypt was filled with gods of power, war, and fertility, but few were as fearsome and revered as Sobek, the crocodile-headed deity. Worshiped as a protector, a creator of the Nile, and a ...

The author of the Myth of Monsters series recommends works that tell, or retell, these strange and wonderful stories for ...

NASA Planetary Scientist Noah Petro dishes on what it took plan the impressive touch-and-go return mission, why much of the ...

At its peak, the Old Babylonian Empire rose to be one of the biggest civilizations the world had seen–but what was daily life ...

One of the most recognizable figures of antiquity, the Sphinx, took many forms in the civilizations of Greece, the Near East ...

The myth of Triptolemus presents him as a hero of agriculture, reflecting ancient Greece’s role as a cradle of early ...