Smithsonian Magazine2d
Ten Exceptional Ancient Elephants, From Small Swimming Creatures to Shovel-Tusked Beasts
If there were any contender for a real-life equivalent to the Oliphaunts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, it would be ...
Greek Reporter6d
Who Were the Harpies in Ancient Greece and Rome?
In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, the harpies were a group of animal-human hybrid monsters like the sirens and the ...
Smithsonian Magazine8d
Ancient, Parasitic Wasp Used Its Rear End Like a Venus Flytrap to Catch Insects and Lay Its Eggs on Them, Study Suggests
Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis —both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in ...
Greek City Times9d
The Rod of Asclepius: Unraveling the Ancient Greek Symbol of Healing
The Rod of Asclepius is a striking emblem: a simple staff with a lone snake coiled around it, universally acknowledged as a symbol of medicine and healing.
Yahoo9d
Scientists baffled at mysterious ancient creature that doesn't fit on the tree of life as we know it
Credit: Painting by Mary Parrish, National Museum of Natural History. A bizarre ancient life-form, considered to be the first ...
Greek Reporter9d
Dolphins, the Demigods of Ancient Greece with the Mythical Attraction
Dolphins in ancient Greece were revered as messengers of the gods and held a divine dimension that has survived through the ...
The Street Journal9d
Why the unicorn is an enduring symbol in art
Katsina State Police Command have arrested two men, Faisal Lawal and Abba Nasiru, for allegedly raping and killing their neighbours wife ...
The Washington Post15d
An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
The griffin, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle, symbolized strength and divine protection in ancient Greece. The bronze head will now be displayed ...
WTOP News15d
An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move
The griffin, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle, symbolized strength and divine protection in ancient Greece. The bronze head will now be displayed ...
Sky15d
Fats Timbo explains Snow White controversy: ‘To use CGI like we’re mythical creatures is disregarding us’
Comedian and disability rights activist Fats Timbo tells Sky News her thoughts around Disney's new live-action movie, Snow White, and the use of CGI for the seven dwarves.