Sam Davey’s new historical fantasy, The Chosen Queen, is releasing soon. The book, sort of a Game of Thrones meets The Mists of Avalon mixture of political intrigue, war, coercion, and the battle ...

How Nature's Most Maligned Creatures Illuminate Our World," talks about the cultural significance of the slinky reptiles.

Although the invasive Burmese pythons might be considered one of the state's most reviled reptiles, they have the potential to help with medical research. Stephen Hall tells us more on "The Florida ...

A countdown of the five craziest Greek gods. Who will be #1? The most jealous, angry, violent, fun-loving, or creative?

As far back as the 8th century BC, the ancient Greeks had invented a large, round shield that became an essential part of warfare.

Caravaggio transcended mere portraiture; he crafted narratives and monumental figures, imbuing them with a profound emotional ...

From ancient legends to epic tales, the world is obsessed with magic and murals. No wonder mythology has always sparked intrigue. The books, the tales about how we came to be, what the human existence ...

There are multiple versions and readings of the ancient myth of the Gorgon with snakes for hair who could turn people to stone with a look. In one reading, Medusa and Poseidon had a consensual ...

MEDUSA WAS A GREEK PRIESTESS WHO HAD SNAKES FOR HAIR, SEEN HERE IN A MARBLE BUST. THIS RANSOMWARE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS CALLED MEDUSA BECAUSE IT SNAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE COMPUTER NETWORKS ...

Snakes have many different associations for many different people. The biblical story of a cunning serpent who tricked Eve in the Garden of Eden has inspired centuries of allegories and metaphors that ...

While developing the script, the director began to see parallels between the stories in the news and the Greek myth of Medusa, which centres on a young woman who had sex with Poseidon and was turned ...

Medusa became a monster, whose hair is turned to snakes, and anyone who looked at would turn into stone. Eventually she was decapitated by demigod Perseus, and this is captured by Caravaggio’s ...