Nita Gleimius

The Maya civilization created distinct artworks and fully developed a complex writing system before the Common Era. Their creativity was more advanced than many contemporary cultures of the Old World.

One of the most accurate and intricate calendars in the world was invented by the Maya. We look at this fascinating calendar in more detail.

Mermaids, the Kraken, the Leviathan, disappearing ships, and disappearing sailors… tall tales of Sea Monsters, or legends with a grain of truth?

Jacques Cousteau brought the natural beauty from under the oceans into our living rooms. Since then, many historic puzzles have been solved by the discovery of famous shipwrecks.

The supernatural and natural worlds blend seamlessly in African spirituality. Resourceful Africans circumvented doctrines of Christianity and Islam by blending them with African gods and belief systems.

When was the veneration of women, symbolized by ancient mother goddesses, replaced by patriarchal societies? We will never know. But throughout history, some ancient women have nonetheless broken their boundaries.

The remarkable similarity of several bible stories and texts to other, often older, narratives has been a controversy amongst scholars for generations.

The Greek god Zeus was a player who pursued his victims with gusto. He took his function of populating the newly created world quite literally, it seems!