Chaitra Navratri, dedicated to Goddess Durga, is a significant Hindu festival spanning nine days. In 2025, it begins on March ...

In ancient times, the mountaintops of Greece held the shrines and ritual sites of the gods. Now, they’re astonishingly ...

According to Norse myth, Skadi first visited Asgard, the home of the gods, to seek revenge. A giantess, she went armed for ...

Nyx is the is the Ancient Greek goddess of the night.  Unlike her sister, Eos, the goddess of the Dawn, Nyx is a mysterious ...

Did you know that the Norse god Ullr has a twin sister? We seem to have a semi-secular affection for Ullr in the Rocky ...

The park hosts an annual Mountain Monarch Festival to celebrate the monarch butterfly's migration and raise awareness about its declining population. In October 2012, a kaleidoscope of monarch ...

The first day of Chaitra Navratri is dedicated to Maa Shailputri, the first form of Goddess Durga. The name "Shailputri" means the daughter of the mountains, as she was born to King Himavan (Himalaya) ...

IFLScience is not responsible for content shared from external sites. Of course, fossils up a mountain are not evidence of a great flood. But when they were first found, they took a little explaining.

During excavations, two marble heads, believed to belong to Aphrodite (goddess of beauty and love) and Eros (god of love), were also discovered, alongside fragments linked to Artemis (goddess of ...

It was unveiled at Pompeii recently and depicts the life of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, theatre, and celebrations. Archaeologists found it in the Reggio IX area of the ancient Roman city.

The Goddess of the Night recently sailed to a different Greek port after spending several months docked in Elefsis. Formerly operated by Costa Cruises as the Costa Magica, the 2004-built ship was ...