The Romans famously claimed to be descended from the Trojans, but does this legend have any basis in actuality?

The Wendigo of Native American lore, the Sphinx of ancient Egypt, the Kraken said to terrorize the ocean — discover these and ...

Organised to mark the 200th anniversary of the discovery of the Orpheus mosaic at Barton Farm in Cirencester, the event will ...

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.

The human obsession with frightening creatures has given rise to ancient tales of dragons and werewolves, as well as to the ...

Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have lesions that looked suspiciously like bite ...

Animals have played roles that go far beyond their presence in the natural world since the times of ancient civilisations to ...

Many tend to read Bible passages like these and interpret the sea negatively, as dangerous and threatening. Such perceptions ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and art-science-climate organisation Invisible Dust are thrilled to unveil the final public artwork ...

From HBO’s series House of the Dragon to Rebecca Yarros’s Empyrean book series, dragons continue to fascinate. Yarros’s ...

"Dark Winds" director Erica Tremblay was inspired by David Lynch and anime to depict Joe Leaphorn's hallucinations and ...