Learn about the controversial Gaia hypothesis, stating that Earth is its own living system kept in balance by organisms.

The sacred water world of the ancient Greeks The Greeks had several water gods that reigned over the oceans, seas, rivers and ...

At the heart of the series is a classic Greek tragedy rooted in hubris, the divine dysfunction of the gods, and accepting ...

The story of the twelve labors tells the tale of Heracles’s journey from a sinful pariah to the ancient world’s most revered ...

Mother Earth (Gaia), wife of Uranus ... who gave birth to several deities in Greek mythology. Rhea was worshipped as the ‘Mother of Gods,’ and ancient Greeks used to celebrate their annual spring ...

The relief depicts a woman, identified by archaeologists as the goddess Victoria, or Victory, according to the release. The counterpart to Greek goddess Nike, Victoria personified victory and was ...

According to ancient writers and Greek mythology, the muses are the sources of inspiration for the arts and knowledge.

His unexplored tomb at Nemrut Dağ may show us more about death and worship in ancient Turkey ... (Ahura Mazda), supreme gods of Greek and Persian mythology, respectively. The next statue combines ...

the scroll contains part of a multi-volume work titled "On Vices" and was written by an ancient Greek philosopher, Philodemus. The charred scroll was recovered from a Roman villa, believed to have ...

This weekend, millions of Americans will be sending out cards, chocolates and flowers for Mother’s Day. But the holiday as we know it today had very different roots — and springs from a ...

If you have a mythology aficionado ... kids to discover Greek mythology, check out Nat Geo Kids Greeking Out! It’s a podcast for the whole family that retells stories of Ancient Greece and ...