According to legend, Alexander the Great was the descendant of Greek mythology's Heracles. What was the supposed line of descent?

As origins stories go, Hercules' is a doozy: Born of an affair between his human mother and Zeus, Hercules would become the best-known hero of Greek mythology by slaying serpents, man-eating horses ...

Without the mythological hero, Hercules, the popular culture of today would probably look a lot different than it does. You can easily draw a line from modern superheroes back to the time of the ...

In the highlands of northern Israel, archaeologists uncovered a small stone artifact of colossal importance. The object — a 2,800-year-old seal — provides a “missing link” in the evolution of a ...

A 2,800-year-old seal discovered in Israel provides a “missing link” to a mythological figure depicted in the Bible, according to new research. Photo from the journal Near Eastern Archaeology In the ...