Today it means peace, but the iconic two-finger gesture has a much deeper and more surprising story. From World War victories to counterculture movements, discover how this simple sign transformed ...

Poseidon, the Greek god of the seas, was originally a Minoan deity called Poteidan or Potidas. What do we know about this ...

Meet the gods of Norse mythology. From the wise and warlike Odin to the mighty Thor and the cunning Loki, this video explores ...

For Allison Epstein, author of the recently published “Fagin the Thief,” Fagin was the first Jewish character she encountered ...

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For millennia, the epic poems of Homer have profoundly shaped Western literature and thought with their timeless tales of ...

Odin will do anything in the pursuit of knowledge; it's an obssesion. This guide reveals how Odin lost his eye in God of War Ragnarok.

The Scopes trial set a template for today’s culture-war battles, with efforts to expand vouchers for attendees of private schools, including Christian ones teaching creationism, and to introduce Bible ...

The Israel-Iran conflict intensifies. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Benjamin Netanyahu use social media. They evoke religious symbols. Khamenei references a Shia battle. Netanyahu cites the Bible and ...