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Poseidon: God of the Sea, Earthquakes and Horse Races
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPoseidon, god of the sea, was an integral figure in ancient Greek mythology. Although the name Poseidon means "lord of the earth," this ...
12 Mayan Gods Who Helped Make Sense of a Complex World
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAncient Maya culture was centered on interconnected city-states that developed great networks of...
Isis: Goddess of Funeral Rites and Healing in Ancient Egypt
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 4 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.
As a rabbi, philosopher and physician, Maimonides wrestled with religion and reason – the book he...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoFaith and reason are often treated as opposites. But some philosophers believe they can only...
32 haunting shipwrecks from the ancient world
Live Science via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoShipwrecks can reveal information about traded goods and even which rituals people partook in centuries ago. Here's a look at shipwrecks from ancient...
10 Oldest Recorded Recipes in History
Cheapism via AOL· 3 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....
Winners’ rewards
Olympics.com· 1 day agoAt the modern Olympic Games, the first, second and third-placed athletes are rewarded, respectively, by gold, silver and bronze medals. At the...
Norse Mythology: Gods, Goddesses, Yggdrasil and More
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 7 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 thousand-year-old mystery of the giant snake found in drawings across the world
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIt featured (and in some cases still features) in religious systems and mythologies in virtually...
The world’s most intact archaeological discoveries, ranked
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe footprints were preserved in a layer of hard, ancient gypsum and are surrounded by the...
