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April 22, Earth Day is celebrated once again as over one billion people help the Earth recover from the ravages of ...
The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.
In Greek mythology, Eos was the goddess of the dawn. Though, like other primordial gods, she was not widely worshiped by the ...
The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...
Meet the golden goddess on the Alabama Power Company Headquarters building in Downtown BHAM — the Divinity of Light herself, ...
Demeter was one of the twelve Olympian gods believed by the ancient Greeks to rule over the cosmos. She was the sister of Zeus and patron goddess of agriculture. She was commonly depicted wearing a ...
Wollaston named it palladium after the asteroid Pallas that was discovered in 1802, which was named after Pallas Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, useful arts and prudent warfare. Palladium has ...
Odysseus is coming to Scotland. Or at least, Scotland has turned up on the location list for Christopher Nolan’s version of The Odyssey ...
Wolf has titled her work in the exhibit, “Merging with Thalassa” in reference to the sea goddess Thalassa, the divine personification of the sea in Greek ... for Lucy’s Hearth is an ...
There are also 'combination' vestas that incorporate additional features (such as cigar cutters, a small knife blade or apertures for sovereigns or stamps) and the larger standing or 'table' vestas ...
One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...
According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to see who would be ruler of Egypt. During the fight, Seth mut ...