How a single, invisible thread has reshaped our understanding of love, fate, and connection for centuries.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For as long as we’ve told stories, we’ve mixed fact with fiction: cities swallowed by the sea, warrior women, forgotten ...

There is nothing like a fresh point of view on an ancient myth. "Girl, Goddess, Queen" written by Bea Fitzgerald, takes the ...

Understanding how ancient wisdom and myths map onto modern personality science can reveal surprising insights about your psychological strengths.

Dark myths express the fear that our creations are beyond our control. Among them, the Golem, born of medieval Jewish mysticism, perfectly embodies this concern. In the legend, a rabbi fashions a clay ...

What do we know about the legendary island of Thule from ancient Greek records? Do we know where it really was?

This book explores Maya mythology through the lens of art, text, and culture. It offers a reexamination of the mid-16th-century “Popol Vuh,” long considered an authoritative text, which is better ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. The theory suggests that fossils of Protoceratops – a species of ...

Ancient Egyptians and Etruscans pioneered orthodontics, using delicate gold wires and catgut to straighten teeth. It’s a tale that has appeared in dentistry textbooks for decades, portraying our ...