The image of a snake eating its own tail is both mysterious and symbolic – but why do some snakes actually do it? In this video, we explore the real reasons behind this unusual behavior ...

This reading equates the snake with ... which features an ouroboros cut into many pieces but maintaining its circularity. Today the ouroboros is a popular choice as a tattoo, perhaps alluding ...

One thing about tropical, beachy holidays is that, thanks to all the swimwear that's on rotation, there’s almost no chance of hiding any ill-advised tattoos. And while the gal pals on The White ...

Ouroboros Uroboros Serpent Snake Vintage Woodcut An ouroboros or uroboros serpent snake consuming its own tail circle in a vintage woodcut style Snake Ouroboros illustrations Snake Ouroboros ...

director of the Czech Institute of Egyptology and an expert on the ancient Egyptian language and texts. But, she explained, “in the case of Džehutiemhat, snakes from the Pyramid Texts play this ...

Indiana Jones famously fears slithering snakes in Egyptian tombs—and apparently, so did one ancient, high-ranking dignitary. Archaeologists recently discovered a 2,500-year-old burial chamber ...

Languages: English, Spanish Archaeologists have discovered the "richly decorated" tomb of an ancient Egyptian dignitary that is filled with magic spells aimed at protecting against snake bites.

We asked some experts to unlock the hidden meanings behind the snake tattoo trend ... the cycle of death and rebirth symbolized by the ouroboros—the snake swallowing its tail.

Our latest research, based on the venomous snakes described in an ancient Egyptian papyrus, suggests more than you might think. A much more diverse range of snakes than we'd imagined lived in the ...