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Mythology Studies
Archaeologists turn to other scientific fields to fill in the picture of how victims lived and why they died.
If you get married in South Africa, don't be surprised if someone shows up to the ceremony dragging along a smelly goat.
Could the prevalence of flood myths around the world tell us something about early human migration or even the way our brains work?
We are traveling in a realm that once exclusively belonged to the gods. Space travel will force humanity to rethink everything.
Hinduism emphasizes the journey, whichever path that takes. And it holds us responsible for our own self-improvement.
"The Da Vinci Code" popularized the idea that Christians stole much of their theology. It's wrong, especially regarding Christmas.
Some of the weirdest characters in Greek mythology were Athenian kings.
St Nick had a history of teleporting long before needing to reach all the world's children in one night.
“Block. It puts some writers down for months. It puts some writers down for life.”
Forget about Tinkerbell.
Urban legends help personify the anxieties that arise from living in a modern city.
Venerated astrophysicist Carl Sagan entertained the possibility.
How drugs, demons, and the search for immortality gave us words we use everyday.
There are nearly 100 towns named "Troy."
Following the advent of human space flight, NASA began naming missions after children of Zeus.
Fire-breathing dragons may represent chaos and the human impulse to conquer that threat.
Horses pranced around the western hemisphere until they went extinct in the late Holocene. They were reintroduced by European colonists — though where, when, and how has remained unclear.
Long before Christopher and Magellan, ancient explorers voyaged into the unknown and brought home extraordinary tales.
Is "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch a condemnation of sin or a celebration of hedonism? Art historians still aren’t sure.
Three out of four Russians accused of witchcraft were men.
In the Canaan religion, Yahweh was a lesser god, who was assigned the land of Israel. Here's how he became "God Almighty."
Quite a lot, actually, even though it has no identifiable value as a scientific concept.
What Odysseus needed from his father was something more important: the comfort of being a son.
The sonnenrad is a Heathen symbol composed of 12 repeated runes.
To the ancient Greeks, exotic animals were proof of mythological creatures. To the ancient Romans, they were oddities and adversaries.
The Mayan calendar is revered for its impeccable accuracy. Now, a recent excavation in Guatemala reveals how the system developed over time.
George Washington’s biggest battle? With his dentures, made from hippo ivory and maybe slaves’ teeth
Washington first took the oath of office of the president of the United States with just one natural tooth remaining.
After it became clear that the world wasn't 6,000 years old, some proposed that northern peoples had emerged independently from others.
From succubi to aliens, stories of abductions or other unsettling encounters have been with us for millennia. What explains them?