For way too long (think thousands of years), women and children had to slap laundry against rocks next to a river and later, work their hands into early arthritis with a scrub board. Thanks to one guy’s lightbulb moment, those days are long gone. Well, not as long as one might think. The act of …
These sun gods are being so unreasonable. So what if they’re ancient and used to be the center of Sun worship for thousands of years? That doesn’t mean that they own the ball of flames! But “it was just hanging there in the sky with nobody’s name on it. Everybody knows what that means — …
From all over the world, the water gods are gathering. They’re attending the very important Water Conference (which might actually just be a pool party). For a few hours, they’ll discuss their legends, family ties, and the violent sea storms they often lord over. Since they can’t float in the pool and pour a piña …
Hades, Pluto, and Hel are some of the most well-known gods of death and the underworld from ancient mythology, but nearly all ancient cultures have one. Each death god from around the world represents the unique views different cultures have of death. Hades: Greek God of Death Name: HadesReligion: Greek Gods and GoddessesRealms: God of …
Far away on Mount Olympus lives the… Well, the Olympians — the twelve most important Greek deities. In ancient Greece, the 12 Olympian gods and goddesses and the rest of their family were an important part of daily Greek culture. Each god and goddess ruled certain realms and also played their part in mythology; fascinating …
Ancient civilizations continue to fascinate. Despite rising and falling hundreds if not thousands of years ago, these cultures remain a mystery and help explain how the world developed into what it is today. A timeline of ancient civilizations helps to map the growth of human society while also demonstrating how widespread civilization has been since …