Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

Dolphins in ancient Greece were revered as messengers of the gods and held a divine dimension that has survived through the ...

The handful animal ghosts in the ancient world are often depicted not as friendly visitors but as mere tools for humans – and are often used to do evil.

Researchers uncover new fossils of ancient carnivorous mammals in northern India’s Siwalik region, offering insight into ...

New research is shedding light on the bouleuterion building that once stood in the ancient city of Teos, located in ...

The ancient Greeks had a remedy for burnout still practiced ... Revellers dressed in animal skins and heavy bronze bells, prepare to take part in carnival celebrations in Distomo, a village ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked ... the Greek goddess of wild animals, in Sicily. Statues of rulers, such as Egypt’s Berenice II, were also perfumed, Brøns finds.

DISTOMO, Greece (AP) — Feeling overwhelmed by everyday obligations or doom-scrolling? The ancient Greeks had a remedy for burnout still practiced annually by their rural descendants. In the ...