Agrarian societies, historically reliant on favorable conditions in nature for their survival, created these rituals to ward ...

The ancient Greeks had a remedy for burnout still ... make and their profanity-filled chants as they bound around a fire in the main square are a wine-fueled sonic assault. And that’s the ...

"Despite there being many varieties, the axolotl from the area is a symbol of identity for the ... its lunar goddess — but it did appear in ancient Mesoamerican documents. In the Nahua myth ...

The presence of ash and charcoal in the grave suggests that, once the body was placed in the prepared grave, a fire was built ...

The 12-star signs are split into 4 zodiac element groups; Fire, Earth, Air, and Water, and each group represents both a type ...

Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a sneaky god.

Pi Day is Friday, March 14. The relatively new holiday is a celebration of the mathematical calculation pi, or the infinite ...

Provided you can get your head around memorising all those symbols, you should have no problem ... and emerge into what seems to be an ancient Peruvian temple, with fewer golden idols and more ...

Even its fire survival is “Gumpian,” to use one of his favorite expressions. “Certain symbols allow themselves ... like some ancient shroud. “The hook is: What does it take to last ...

Using bonfires to celebrate Easter since the Irish were used to honoring their gods with fire. Superimposing a sun, a powerful Irish symbol ... was a sacred plant in ancient Ireland because ...