When read in connection with South Africa’s political history, Phaethon and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice narratives provide insight into how societies gain power and why the protection of human rights — ...

Some of the best car museums in the U.S. don't just show cars, they tell the stories behind the machines and the people who ...

A late-1950s Mercury broke the 400-hp barrier years before muscle cars made big power famous, marking a forgotten turning point in Detroit.

The transition from mythology to rational, scientific thought in Ancient Greece set the foundation for Western civilization.

Before the Parthenon rose in classical splendor, a Mycenaean palace stood atop the Acropolis, defended by towering cyclopean ...

A Munich Conference without myth would require attendees to squarely address a global, security system that serves to enrich what Bob Dylan in 1963 — year of the first conference – called the “masters ...

Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural. Some ancient thinkers, however, suspected ...

Many of the Bulgarian seer’s predictions were never recorded, yet her name bolsters conspiracy theories and geopolitical narratives In some corners of the internet, the Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga has ...

In Ancient Greece, riddles were crucial cultural elements, present in myth, religious practices, and philosophical thought.

'Jupiter and Pandora' (circa 1600-1640), oil on canvas by Francesco Albani (1578-1660), held at the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna (Italy). ALINARI ARCHIVES/OPALE.PHOTO The myth says that, in the ...

• The KV55 Controversy: DNA analysis from 2010 identified the desecrated mummy in Tomb KV55 as the likely father of Tutankhamun and the heretic king Akhenaten himself, but the lack of severe physical ...

Every few months, a new gut health trend seems to hit social media—sea moss gel, bone broth, Coconut Cult’s probiotic mousse, fibermaxxing…the list goes on. Maybe you keep on scrolling…or maybe you ...