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Pompeii’s Secret Erotica: Hidden Sexual Symbolism in Roman Wall Painting
Erotic imagery in Pompeii mixes ritual, humour, commerce, and myth. Read the symbols on walls and doorways and the city’s rules come into focus.
Fayum Mummy Portraits: Hyper-Real Faces of Roman Egypt
Lifelike panel portraits from Roman Egypt — painted in wax or tempera, fixed to mummies, and still startlingly present two millennia later.
DNA Confirms a Viking Warrior Was a Woman
A famous weapons grave at Birka has been re-read with modern science. DNA shows the warrior was a woman, and the context points to…
Lost Maya City Revealed in Guatemala with LiDAR
LiDAR surveys in Guatemala’s Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin have brought a complete city plan into focus—triadic pyramids, sacbeob and waterworks—showing how early Maya planners built…
AI Deciphers a 2,000-Year-Old Vesuvius Scroll
AI-assisted virtual unwrapping has produced legible passages from a 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll. Here’s how scans, models, and papyrologists brought a buried library back to…
Tyr vs Ares: Norse and Greek War Gods Compared
In Norse myth, Tyr is the one-handed god of honour and oaths. In Greek myth, Ares is the fierce but feared god of battle.…
Fenrir’s Binding: Norse Wolf God as Political Allegory for Tyranny Fears
Fenrir’s binding is one of Norse myth’s most vivid moments. Beyond the drama, it works as a political allegory about restraining dangerous power, sacrifice,…
The Forgotten Olympian: Hestia’s Quiet Power in Greek Household Worship
Hestia, goddess of the hearth, held a constant yet understated role in Greek religion, linking private households to the public life of the city.
The Epic of Gilgamesh’s Untold Chapter: Tablet XII and the Underworld Journey
ablet XII of the Epic of Gilgamesh offers a rare underworld episode, adapted from older Sumerian myth, where Enkidu’s ghost describes the fates of…
Hathor’s Bloodthirsty Side: The Egyptian Goddess Who Nearly Destroyed Humanity
The Egyptian goddess Hathor is best known for love and music — but in one myth she becomes Sekhmet, the Eye of Ra, and…
Útgarða-Loki: The Giant Who Fooled Thor in History’s Most Epic Prank
Thor meets Útgarða-Loki, a giant king whose politeness hides impossible challenges. This Norse myth ends with the god of thunder learning the sharp edge…
Nergal and Ereshkigal: Mesopotamia’s Underworld Power Couple
In Mesopotamian myth, Nergal and Ereshkigal rule the underworld as king and queen — a union forged through confrontation, alliance, and cosmic necessity.