We explore the dark and fascinating world of Celtic folklore, diving into stories of terrifying creatures like Abhartach, the blood-drinking revenant believed to inspire vampire myths, and other ...

At The Met, “Divine Egypt” brings a 3,000-year pantheon of gods to life through sculpture, relief, and sacred art.

Imagine a city street at dusk, silent save for the rising sound of a collective guttural moan. Suddenly, a horde of ragged, ...

Monsters, magic spells, demons and fairy tales collide in these seven fantasy films. The genre is often dismissed as being ...

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"Divine Egypt," a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, features nearly 250 artifacts representing the rich ...

Deforestation and persecution, especially by Victorian gamekeepers, eradicated wildcats from England, Wales and much of ...

From thunder gods to serpent slayers, scholars are reconstructing myths that vanished millennia ago. How much further can we ...

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In ancient Egyptian myth, the goddess Maat ruled truth, divine law, harmony, and moral order. After death, each person’s heart was weighed against Maat’s feather of truth on ...

Doomed Egyptian queen Cleopatra has captured the imaginations of people all over the world for centuries. Archaeologists have long sought to locate her tomb, which she shared with her lover, Mark ...