TDIThe true appearance and nature of angelsIn art, angels are depicted as winged humans in robes or Roman legionary armor, especially archangels. In contrast, incomprehensible…Dec 27, 2021Dec 27, 2021
TDIWatch out! Jesus could attack you in the toilet on Christmas Eve.Traditionally, many Jews avoided Torah study on Christmas Eve. This practice was accompanied by the prohibition of sexual relations on that…Dec 17, 2021Dec 17, 2021
TDISanta Claus, symbol of consumerismAlthough in many regions we have local Christmas characters, such as the Three Wise Men, Befana or, in ancient times, Saturn himself, Santa…Dec 4, 2021Dec 4, 2021
TDIWhy is hope the last thing to be lost?Hesiod mentioned in his Theogony and retold in Works and Days the myth of Pandora. The myth begins with humanity still in the Golden Age, a…Dec 3, 2021Dec 3, 2021
TDIWhy did Prometheus’ liver regenerate?For giving fire to mortals, the titan Prometheus was chained on Mount Caucasus and condemned to have his liver completely devoured every…Dec 3, 2021Dec 3, 2021
TDIThe children who dreamed of becoming VikingsSince the beginning of time, children have played at imitating their elders, which may tell us what kind of society they lived in. Among…Nov 20, 2021Nov 20, 2021
TDIThe first ghosts, the unfortunate afterlife in MesopotamiaRegardless of beliefs, for thousands of years we have been accompanied by doubts about what awaits us after death and how it affects the…Oct 23, 2021Oct 23, 2021
TDITypes of Greco-Roman ghostsThe following is a classification of the different types of ghosts present in the preserved Greco-Roman written testimonies. It is…Oct 22, 2021Oct 22, 2021
TDIThe hairstyle that made French women lose their headsDuring the French Revolution, a hairstyle became the symbol of the male republicans but, when fashion lost momentum, women took up the…Oct 11, 2021Oct 11, 2021
TDIWhy is it said that a volcano in Cumbre Vieja, in the Canary Islands, will cause a megatsunami?In 2001, Steven N. Ward and Simon Day published a study warning about the danger of a tsunami caused by the collapse of the slope of one of…Oct 11, 2021Oct 11, 2021