Well, that comes down to their religion which celebrated lots of different gods and goddesses each with their own role to play. Ancient Egyptians believed they would be judged by their gods and ...

On this section of papyrus, the jackal-headed Anubis, balances the heart of the deceased against the feather of Ma'at.

We meet Homer, famous writer of Ancient Greece, who introduces us to the Olympians - twelve of the most important gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece - and also Ancient Greek beliefs about the ...

Ancient Greeks believed in supernatural causes for almost all events and attributed them to the goddess Tyche. The Romans ...

Rooted in ancient tribal traditions, theyyam predates Hinduism while weaving in Hindu mythology. Each performance is both a ...

The ancient Romans were followers of paganism, a religion with a variety of different gods and goddesses. Each played an important role in different aspects of their everyday lives.

Ancient rituals in Tlaloc's honor took place ... each associated with a different sun and governed by a specific Aztec god or goddess. People believed the sacrificial blood of fallen warriors ...

with close similarities to the gods worshipped by the ancient Greeks. In particular, the twelve greatest gods and goddesses in the Roman state religion – called the di consentes – paralleled ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The Greek gods are still very much present in modern consciousness. Although Apollo and Dionysos, Artemis and Aphrodite, Zeus and Hermes ...

In the poem, Gilgamesh is described as the son of a minor Sumerian goddess Ninsun ... The figure of two-thirds god and one-third human is, however, unique in the ancient world and stands out ...