The Mycenaean civilization was the first advanced culture of mainland Greece, shaping the foundations of Greek identity, myth ...

This ranking collects some of the wildest aircraft concepts tied to Nazi Germany, from ramming aircraft and circular low ...

Every week, without thinking, we speak the names of ancient gods. We say “Thursday” when we mean the day of Thor, the hammer-swinging Norse god of storms. We say “Friday” without remembering Frigg, ...

German archaeologists have discovered new insights into Bavaria's Roman past from an ancient buried temple where Roman legionaries once worshipped the sun god Mithras. During recent excavations in ...

Old Norse Mythology is an accessible and multidisciplinary introduction to the field. It surveys the 13 most consequential Eddic poems and Snorri Sturluson’s Edda, with a text-by-text approach ...

Though Norse mythology’s monsters haven’t been explored as extensively in films as those from Greek, Roman or even Egyptian mythologies, they are just as compelling. Some of the most popular Nordic ...

Monsters in Norse mythology may not have been explored as deeply in films as their counterparts from Greek, Roman or even Egyptian mythologies, but they are equally impressive. Some of the most famous ...

The world of ancient Europe is full of unique myths, legends, heroes, and gods, many of which have survived through time to the present day. In many ways, these legends shaped the identities of modern ...

The medieval Kyffhäusen Castle and the 19th century Kyffhäuser Monument were built on the Kyffhäuser hill range in Central Germany, located in the state of Thuringia, southeast of the Harz Mountains.

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The name “Easter” was derived from “Eostre,” “originally a Saxon word (Eostre), denoting a goddess of the Saxons, in honour of whom sacrifices were offered about the time of the Passover.” This very ...

From the “neo-Grec” nudes of Arno Breker and Josef Thorak, to the neo-Doric architecture of Paul Troost, we can see how the Nazis didn’t hesitate to usurp ancient Greece’s history and Classical past.