3+ week, 3+ day ago   (577+ words) New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is exhibiting the earliest written fragment of the Greek epic poem "The Odyssey" amid the popularity of the film on show in much of the world. People have loved Homer's poem through the millennia…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (492+ words) Construction workers digging a new sewer system in Belgium expected to find dirt, old building materials, and probably some worms. Instead, they uncovered a hidden stash of gold estimated to be worth more than $10 million. The Guardian reports that workers…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (290+ words) But while some of these are fairly obvious, particularly when they include a character's name in the phrase, others require more context to connect with their mythic origins. These seven common phrases were all derived from Ancient Greek stories, but…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (313+ words) Pigeons may be familiar sights in city life, but new archaeological evidence suggests their relationship with humans began far earlier than scientists once thought. According to Smithsonian Magazine, bones found in Cyprus indicate that people were living with pigeons roughly…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (110+ words) A bizarre and eye-catching fire pit design features a massive metal scorpion sculpture with a dangling, pendant-style fire pit suspended beneath its curved tail. The clip, filmed in Irkutsk, Russia, on January 25, pans around the unusual installation, revealing intricate metalwork…...