Persephone lived in a world of perpetual summer, her mother was Demeter, goddess of plant life. Hades, god of hell, took Persephone, and in her absence, she saw the world's plantlife die and ...

The power of Ramses III spread over key routes and was marked by rock inscriptions in his name—one has been found in Wadi Rum ...

The ancient Greeks considered Dionysus the 12th Olympic god. He was not taken seriously by his father Zeus nor by most of the ...

The booklet claims that the Catholic Church dropped the "Second Commandment" which forbids "graven images", i.e. statues. Allegedly the Catholic Church condones statue worship. Now one version of ...

The legendary ancient Greek courtesan Lais of Corinth was famous for her beauty that left no man resistant to her charms, and her extravagant demands and sharp tongue ...

The Vatican on Tuesday released the first images of Pope Francis following his death, showing the 88-year-old pontiff lying in repose inside the private chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, his official ...