mythology

A story passed down in my family for generations may be the clue to finding a lost Norse settlement.

Iceland’s medieval literature is rich in many regards: in Eddas and sagas, it tells us about early Scandinavia and its expanding world-view.

The ancient Greek myth of Cadmus battling a snake could be an allegory for the discovery of the Amazon River, says Dr. Enrico Mattievich.

“Here be dragons” was a phrase once used on ancient maps, often accompanied by mythical sketches, to highlight an unexplored or potentially dangerous area. Astronomers might want to borrow this warning to label the center of galaxies, which contain supermassive black holes.

Mystery surrounds the most famous pair of lovers in ancient history.

Hesiod’s description of the ancient Greek dwelling place of gorgons seems to match the mysterious labyrinth ruins of Chavin de Huantar in the Peruvian Andes.

Did a Native American set foot on European soil long before we previously thought?

Rare Chinese and Japanese bronze mirrors have the strange property of seeming both opaque and transparent at the same time!

It was considerably more difficult to file a customer complaint when you had to chip it into stone and send it by foot messenger!

Will the history books change? Evidence suggests the Chinese got to America before the Europeans.

Many Mongolians believe exhuming a corpse will destroy its soul. Genghis Khan went to great lengths to prevent that happening to him!