Dragon Ball 's Goku is one of the most common names when mentioning the strongest fictional characters, no matter the medium.

An international research team has published a new study on one of the oldest known sites for the processing of animal meat by humans in the southern Balkans. At Marathousa 1, an archaeological site ...

Humans are remarkably sensitive to the smell of geosmin, in particular. In water, it can be detected at concentrations as low ...

In Greek mythology, sirens were dangerous yet enchanting beings, often depicted as half-woman, half-bird hybrids. According to ancient texts, they were daughters of the river god Achelous and a Muse, ...

However, rather than being based on fossils, could it be that the dragons of the Greeks and other nations were actually based on real animals? Dragons in Greek mythology Dragons appear in Greek ...

In Crete, the birthplace of the Greek god Zeus, legendary architect Daedalus was inspired to create a labyrinth beside the rolling waves of the Aegean Sea. In Greek mythology, Daedalus was ...

Sirens of Greek Myth Were Bird-Women, Not Mermaids A new translation of Homer’s Odyssey corrects the record: The Sirens' seductive power lies with their otherworldly, avian knowledge. Odysseus and the ...

Bellerophon and the Chimera By Unknown artist. Credit: Marsyas (2005), CC BY-SA 2.5 Greek mythology is famous for its many mythical creatures, which feature widely at pivotal moments in Greek myths ...

In a rare discovery, archaeologists have unearthed a remarkably preserved house in ancient Pompeii adorned with frescoes of Greek mythologica l scenes, untouched since the catastrophic eruption of ...

To this day, since its original publication in 1942, many schoolchildren across the globe credit Edith Hamilton’s Mythology with being the text that ignited a deep love for ancient Greek legend.