In the ancient world, birth was not just the beginning of a human life - it was a sacred event believed to be touched by ...

Hypsipyle was the mythical ancient Greek queen of Lemnos who ruled over a matriarchal society after all the men were massacred.

Before kings and empires, there were gods who ruled from the clouds — immortal, powerful, and often dangerously human. On ...

Image Credit:Shutterstock. Paphos, perched on the Mediterranean coast, is a crossroads of myth and history, where the goddess ...

Autumn bites across Europe, yet a short hop south still serves warm seas, late sunsets and lively promenades after dark.

As autumn closes in across Europe, one Mediterranean escape keeps the lights on, the grills hot and the sea inviting. The ...

This Halloween, as children dress as witches for trick-or-treating, a real witch in Wausau is celebrating the ancient Celtic festival that started it all.

The exhibition programme for next year at the Ashmolean in Oxford has been released by the museum, with an exciting array of culture on offer.

Whether laced with viper venom, poison gas, or deadly pathogens—these weapons of war relied on nature's armory to slay the enemy. Poison in the woundThe Greek warrior Achilles treats Telephus’s ...

Chelsea Rae Bourgeois is a health writer and registered dietitian nutritionist with over eight years of experience in the clinical setting. Her writing covers nutrition and overall health topics, ...