Archeologists have discovered 30 tablets at the bottom of an ancient well, each engraved with curses intended to harm the recipient. According to Haaretz, the curse tablets had been chucked into a ...

HARTFORD — Clever composers have been turning the most unlikely subjects into fascinating musicals over the decades. Shows such as an unsinkable ship hitting an iceberg and going down ("Titanic") or a ...

A giant cave that might have helped serve as the inspiration for the mythic ancient Greek underworld Hades once housed hundreds of people, potentially making it one of the oldest and most important ...

Some gods ruled storms, some ruled seas, and some ruled the night sky. But in the deep, quiet corners of Greek mythology lived a goddess with a gentler purpose. Her name was Macaria, daughter of Hades ...

What happens after we die? Various religions tend to rely on a certain moral equation: If you are good in this world, the next world will be kind to you; but if you are bad in this world, you can ...

Paul Salmond does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Before you step into the world of Hadestown, it helps to know that this Tony-winning musical isn’t just a love story—it’s a retelling of ancient Greek myths, reimagined with a soulful, folk-jazz twist ...

Aside from their love of the sea, the ancient Greeks and Vikings shared much more that united them and divided them.