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Poseidon: God of the Sea, Earthquakes and Horse Races
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 3 days agoPoseidon, god of the sea, was an integral figure in ancient Greek mythology. Although the name Poseidon means "lord of the earth," this ...
Isis: Goddess of Funeral Rites and Healing in Ancient Egypt
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIsis, goddess of healing and funeral rites, was one of the most important Egyptian deities and arguably one of the most prominent female deities in the ancient world.
12 Mayan Gods Who Helped Make Sense of a Complex World
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAncient Maya culture was centered on interconnected city-states that developed great networks of...
10 Oldest Recorded Recipes in History
Cheapism via AOL· 2 days agoThe Aztecs believed that cacao was a gift from Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god, and that drinking xocolatl could give one strength and vitality....
Violent doodles made by children 2,000 years ago raise eyebrows
Fox News· 6 days agoArchaeologists in Italy recently uncovered "violent" cartoons, roughly 2,000 years old, drawn by...
The thousand-year-old mystery of the giant snake found in drawings across the world
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIt featured (and in some cases still features) in religious systems and mythologies in virtually...
HART presents ‘The Gods of Comedy’
Smoky Mountain News· 3 days agoThe story follows Daph, a young and nervous classics professor, who accidentally summons Dionysus, the god of wine and revelry and Thalia, the muse of...
Norse Mythology: Gods, Goddesses, Yggdrasil and More
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 5 days agoUnlike monotheistic religions based on the belief in an omnipotent, all-powerful overseer god who judges actions and determines justice in the mortal...
The world’s most intact archaeological discoveries, ranked
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe footprints were preserved in a layer of hard, ancient gypsum and are surrounded by the...
Pioneer Press reader trip to Greece a dreamy mix of history, food and culture
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoAs a child growing up in a small midwestern town, I had a long mental list of places I wanted to visit someday. Textbook photos of the impossibly blue seas, soaring mountains and abundant ruins ...
