Halloween famously comes from the Celtic festival of Samhain, but does Samhain itself come from an Ancient Greek festival?

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Reincarnation and afterlife was a tradition among the ancient Greeks. Writers expressed the view that the souls of the dead ...

In 1947, the Swiss zoologist Rudolf Schenkel published a paper titled “Expression Studies on Wolves.” Based on an eight-year ...

From the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its ...

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Ghosts stories appear in several surviving texts from ancient Rome. What do they reveal about the people who told them?

Halloween might seem like it's all about candy and spooky costumes, but its origins go much deeper than that. Long before ...

A German woman returned a 2,400 year-old relic from Ancient Olympia in Greece after taking it from the site in the 1960s. The ...

We can learn a lot about a civilization from its dominant religion. Ancient Egypt is a good example. The religion of ancient Egypt had a far-reaching effect on every aspect of daily life. If you want ...

Did you know that more than half of all people will have to deal with hemorrhoids at least once in their life? Although hemorrhoids are an issue no one looks forward to dealing with, if you ever find ...

Before there were screens to keep us occupied, there was music. From minstrels in the Middle Ages to Bob Dylan, music has served as a way to while away the hours as we commune with others around ...