The ancient Greek myths are full of beings that bear a striking resemblance to the vampires of later folklore.

According to Montero, the myth implies that, after a god’s passing, its essence gets imprisoned in a mundane creature, ...

During the Iron Age, the mysterious Tartessian people lived in southwest Spain. Little is known about them, but experts do believe that they performed ritual animal sacrifice. Recently, archaeologists ...

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What is love?, there isn't just one answer to the question, that's why the ancient Greeks had six different words to describe ...

After reading about the Ecuadorian woman who may have been sacrificed to appease El Niño, learn about Moloch, the ancient god of child sacrifice. Then, read about Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of ...

A pregnant woman's dismembered remains from over 1,000 years ago, along with unusual burial artifacts spanning multiple cultures, point to a possible ritual sacrifice in coastal Ecuador Drawing of ...

The holiday's date is determined by the spring equinox and full moon cycle. On the Gregorian calendar (the one we use), ...

Before the arrival of the Romans, Britain was home to a wide array of sophisticated and thriving cultures.

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