Zeus and other ancient gods from various mythologies may be rooted in earlier Proto-Indo-European beliefs in a "sky father" ...

Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager, was meant to be made a saint in April, but the ceremony was postponed because of Pope ...

Ancient Greek astronomers likely observed Uranus as a star, but limited tools and geocentric views kept them from recognizing ...

While traveling the Greek world in the 2nd century CE, the geographer Pausanias visited the statue of Zeus at Olympia. The ancient geographer noted a curious detail about the statue’s pedestal. At the ...

I totally respect your opinion on the names. You’re allowed to have your own opinion, but I actually don’t care what it is," ...

The name comes from the British, who controlled the area from 1763 to 1783 and adapted the Spanish name "Rio Jobe" (named after the Jobe tribe) to "Jove," then Anglicized it to Jupiter, the Roman ...

Sculptures of similar excellence are found in France, while the Roman mortuary ... and German mythology. The place of honor, on the front of the lowermost pedestal, is given to Jupiter himself ...

What was discovered in Flagstaff, Arizona, and killed off in Prague? If you answered "Pluto's planethood," your grasp of the ...

In terms of nomenclature, Jupiter is the Roman equivalent of god daddy Zeus, and we can think of the planet as the deity himself: hair flowing, belly full, one defiant nipple free from a semi ...

Each evening these next few weeks, the sky brings us the brightest gems that shine beyond our solar system. Slowly rising from the east, taking hours to glide toward the south and overhead, the ...

Natalia Lockley A gold plaque etched with Greek letters has been found at an ancient Roman fortress in Georgia. Archaeologists think it’s an offering to Jupiter Dolichenus, a god revered by ...

was a dedication to Jupiter Dolichenus, a deity especially revered by Roman soldiers," the Polish-Georgian archaeological team wrote in a statement, calling it "unique." "He was the god of war and ...