A few weeks ago I explained how five chemical elements came to be named for Greek and Roman gods. Let’s feast again at the periodic table and discover the mythological origins of five more elements.

A popular and widely-promoted claim that dinosaur fossils inspired the legend of the griffin, the mythological creature with a raptorial bird head and wings on a lion body, has been challenged in a ...

Archaeologists conducting ongoing excavations at the historical site of Pompeii have unearthed miraculously preserved paintings within a large banquet hall. Pompeii Sites reported the astonishing ...

A decade since the launch of Mahabharat (TV Series 2013–2014), remains highly rated with an IMDb score of 8.5/10. Siddharth Kumar Tewary Mythological stories stand out for their timeless appeal, with ...

Seated comfortably on cane cots, adjusting their glasses and fanning away the flies in the verandah, with their mesmerising cadence, grandmothers, for most of us, were our first storytellers. They ...