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Greek Mythology

Greek Mythology

Greek Mythology

As Greek mythology goes, the universe was once a big soup of nothingness. Then, two things happened: either Chaos or Gaia created the universe as we know it, or Ouranos and Tethys gave birth to the first beings.

Hecate sculpture at Antalya Archaeological Museum in Turkey. Source: neurobite / Adobe Stock

Hecate: Triple-Bodied Greek Goddess of Witchcraft and Keeper of Keys

According to Greek mythology, Hecate was a goddess primarily associated with magic and witchcraft. Her sphere of influence also included the moon, night, crossroads, ghosts, and necromancy.

Hecate: Triple-Bodied Greek Goddess of Witchcraft and Keeper of Keys

The Spellbinding Story of Circe, Goddess of Magic in Greek Mythology

Typhon and Echidna: Monster Makers of Greek Mythology

Eros: Everything You Need to Know about the Greek God of Love and Sex

Nyx, the Primordial Goddess of the Night

Famous People

Gout can be caused by large amounts of red meat and alcohol, a common diet of historical kings Source: diter / Adobe Stock

Why Was Gout The Kingliest of Ailments?

When we think of historically significant diseases we tend to think of diseases like the bubonic plague, cholera, tuberculosis, or more recently, COVID-19.

Da Vinci’s Deadly Designs: The Wildest Weapons of the Renaissance Man

Why is William’s New Prince of Wales Title So Significant?

The Queen’s Death Sparks Conversation Around Royal Line of Succession

Queen Elizabeth II, the Second Longest-Reigning Monarch in History, Dies

The Himyarite Kingdom’s Bloody Conversion to Judaism: Passion or Ploy?

Unexplained Phenomena

Extreme size life forms have been reported on countless times, but we are encouraged to pretend they are nothing more than stories.

Lost and Found Evidence of Extreme Size Life Forms Everywhere!

Decades of cinema have accustomed us to the living realities extreme size life forms, from giants to leprechauns. To be fair, ogres, trolls, fairies, sylphs, and goliaths were believed in by humans...

Mysterious Cases of Living Fossils, Suspended Animation, and Hibernation

Apocalyptic Apocrypha: What was Removed from the Bible - and Why?

From Araucanía, Chile to Berchtesgaden, Germany - A Remote Connection?

The Alien Petroglyphs of Chile’s Valle del Encanto

The Sumerian King List Reveals the Origin of Mesopotamian Kingship

Important Events

Hands sprinkling salt. Humans have cultivated salt for centuries, but in some places, salt has covered the earth. Source: Left zlikovec / Adobe Stock

Salt Sowing: An Ancient Method to Settle Scores

Many people use salt to bring out the flavor in their food. Others spread it on icy roads and sidewalks to give vehicles or pedestrians some grip as they go about their day.

Queen Elizabeth II, the Second Longest-Reigning Monarch in History, Dies

The Medieval Crushing of the Cathars and Sexualizing of Witches

Mediterranean Bronze Age Collapse Linked to Deadly Typhoid and Plague

Controversial Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb & Mughal Wars of Succession

Last Salem Witch Has Been Exonerated Posthumously By Boston Court

Top New Stories

Footprint beds at Formby Point. Source: Jamie Woodward / University of Manchester

Footprints Exposed on a Merseyside Beach Reveal Irish Sea “Serengeti”

Hundreds of perfectly preserved human footprints, dated between 9,000 and 1,000 years old, have been exposed on Merseyside’s Formby Beach on the Irish Sea.

The Gruesome History of Botched Executions

Chemists Suggest Primordial Life Began in Sea Spray

Hecate: Triple-Bodied Greek Goddess of Witchcraft and Keeper of Keys

The Turtle Ship: A Contender for the World’s First Armored Battleship

1,400-Year-Old Royal Hall of East Anglian Kings Unearthed in Suffolk

Myths & Legends

The Last of the Siberian Unicorns: What Happened to the Mammoth-Sized One-Horned Beasts of Legend?

The Last of the Siberian Unicorns: What Happened to the Beasts of Legend?

Elasmotherium, also known as the Giant Rhinoceros or the Giant Siberian Unicorn, is an extinct species of rhino that lived in the Eurasian area in the Late Pliocene and Pleistocene eras. They have been documented from 2.6 million years ago, but the most recent fossils come from around 29,000 years ago.

Hecate: Triple-Bodied Greek Goddess of Witchcraft and Keeper of Keys

The Enigma of the Thracians and the Orpheus Myth

Jotunheim: Outsized Tales from the Norse Land of the Giants

Did a Sultan Find Medusa’s Sarcophagus in the Basilica Cistern?

Typhon and Echidna: Monster Makers of Greek Mythology

Human Origins

Replica of 9th century Viking ship docked in Norway.

Did a Native American travel with the Vikings and arrive in Iceland centuries before Columbus set sail?

Scientists have been searching for answers on the puzzles of history by sifting through the genetic code of certain Icelanders. They have been looking to see if a Native American woman from the New...

Where are Ashkenazi Jews from? Their Origins May Surprise You

How Ancient Hominid Interbreeding has Shaped Humans Today

Chemists Suggest Primordial Life Began in Sea Spray

7.2 million-Year-Old Pre-Human Fossil Suggests Mankind Arose in Europe NOT Africa

The Faces of Ancient Hominids Brought to Life in Remarkable Detail

Ancient Technology

View of the Turtle Ship at Hallyeo National Marine Park in Tongyeong, South Korea. Source: CC BY-SA 3.0

The Turtle Ship: A Contender for the World’s First Armored Battleship

As a species, humanity has always been shockingly gifted at finding new ways to kill one another. As wars have raged over the millennia, armaments have had to evolve.

Archaeologists Unearth First Century Roman Refrigerator in Bulgaria

Da Vinci’s Deadly Designs: The Wildest Weapons of the Renaissance Man

150,000-Year-Old Pipes Baffle Scientists in China: Out of Place in Time?

Ancient Chinese Earthquake Detector Invented 2,000 Years Ago Really Worked!

They’re Alive! Megalithic Sites Are More than Just Stone

Ancient Places

Great Chain of The Golden Horn: Constantinople’s Impenetrable Barrier

Great Chain of The Golden Horn: Constantinople’s Impenetrable Barrier

For all large capital cities in ancient and modern history, protection was one of the major survival strategies. And what historical capital was bigger than legendary Constantinople?

Varna Man and the Wealthiest Grave of the 5th Millennium BC

Tunnel Vision – The Mysterious Forced Entry of the Caliph into the Great Pyramid of Giza

Buried for One Thousand Years: The Eerie Graveyard of the Vikings

1,400-Year-Old Royal Hall of East Anglian Kings Unearthed in Suffolk

Hy-Brasil: The Legendary Phantom Island of Ireland

Opinion

The Coming Gnostic Civilization, and his most recent book, Sedona: City of the Star People.

The Truth Behind the Christ Myth: Ancient Origins of the Often Used Legend – Part I

What is the origin of the legend of the Christed Son who was born of a virgin on December 25th? I am sure you are familiar with his legend which states that he was born in a manger surrounded by shepherds

Library in Stone: The Ica Stones of Professor Cabrera – Part I

Two Sides to Every Story: The North American Martyrs Shrines and Indigenous/ Roman Catholic Relations

The Origins of the Faeries: Encoded in our Cultures – Part I

Curse of the Buried Pearl: The Hunt for Ancient Treasures – Part I

The Enigma of the Shugborough Inscription

Our Mission

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, our view is that there exist countless mysteries, scientific anomalies and surprising artifacts that have yet to be discovered and explained.

The goal of Ancient Origins is to highlight recent archaeological discoveries, peer-reviewed academic research and evidence, as well as offering alternative viewpoints and explanations of science, archaeology, mythology, religion and history around the globe.

We’re the only Pop Archaeology site combining scientific research with out-of-the-box perspectives.

By bringing together top experts and authors, this archaeology website explores lost civilizations, examines sacred writings, tours ancient places, investigates ancient discoveries and questions mysterious happenings. Our open community is dedicated to digging into the origins of our species on planet earth, and question wherever the discoveries might take us. We seek to retell the story of our beginnings.

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View from the Castle Gate (Burgtor). (Public Domain)

Door surrounded by roots of Tetrameles nudiflora in the Khmer temple of Ta Phrom, Angkor temple complex, located today in Cambodia. (CC BY-SA 3.0)