Most of us know that the United States Social Security Administration (SSA) records and maintains baby name data throughout ...

Lamia, one of the lesser-known demons in Greek mythology, is a bit of a shapeshifter, known as a man-eating monster.

Mythology has been the core of many peoples lives and continues to directly, and indirectly, guide entire civilizations ...

One of the wonders of the ancient world, the Temple of Artemis stood for millennia, wearing natural and manmade disasters. A ...

A newly uncovered house in Pompeii, though small, reveals an intricate collection of frescoes that offer a glimpse into the ...

It can also mean “glowing light” and was the name of a minor wind goddess in Greek and Roman mythology. Similar-sounding ...

The gold object features an inscription dedicated to an ancient deity who was particularly revered by soldiers.

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Turkey’s Olympos Beydagları National Park is home to the burning rocks of Yanartaş, where flames created by methane emissions ...

A recently excavated house contains at least four paintings including an artistic depiction of copulation between a satyr and a nymph.

In its announcement of the house’s excavation this week, the Pompeii Archaeological Park compared the little domicile to the ...

The folkloric inspirations for Supernatural's first ever monster-of-the-week were cleverly translated to screen.