In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, the harpies were a group of animal-human hybrid monsters like the sirens and the ...

No fewer than seven Queen Cleopatras ruled ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, as a new book explains, writes David ...

A scientific study crowns "Sophia" as the world’s most beautiful name, praised for its melodic sound and deep meaning. Rooted ...

Russian diminutive of Natalia, meaning "birthday of the Lord" 3. Olga — Norse origin, meaning "holy," a name of ancient Slavic rulers 4. Tatiana — Russian origin, meaning "fairy queen," elegant and ...

Elon Musk has named his 14th child Seldon Lycurgus - with the second name paying homage to a legendary Greek lawmaker who is ...

Neither Sarah nor Hagar/Ha-jar are mentioned by name in the Qur’an, but the story of Ha-jar’s exile from Abraham’s home is traditionally understood to be referred to in a line from Ibrāhīm’s prayer in ...

A team at the University of Bergen in Norway have determined that a minimum of 1.1% of medieval manuscripts from around 800 ...

N arrowing down your baby name list to just one name is very difficult, especially if you're looking for an unusual baby girl ...

Diotima, the female philosopher in Plato's Symposium, has puzzled historians for centuries with her theory of love and beauty ...

In the Ancient Greek epic poem “The Odyssey,” Odysseus’ men strap him to the mast of the ship so he could hear the sirens’ ...

“Since I was little, I’ve had a love for martial arts… I thought that girls learning martial arts was super swaggy,” Duan, 23, said. The ancient ... under the pen name Jin Yong.