Comparative mythology

The environmental disaster created by the wildfires in Evros in northeastern Greece has by default also dealt a dizzying blow to the region's agricultural economy.

It is estimated that 130,000 olive trees, which amounts to 60% of the total 200,000, hundreds of beehives and thousands of productive animals, mainly sheep and goats but also cows, have been burnt.

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If you look closely, you can see a variety of similarities between the commemoration of the birth of Christ and the worship of Dionysus in ancient Greece

The Turkish owner of a bull has pardoned the animal after it escaped religious sacrifice by jumping into Black Sea and swimming 23 kilometers.

A pest species, dubbed "vampire butterfly," has spread to Istanbul from Black Sea regions due to human activities, causing concerns among locals and experts.

An estimated 2,100-year-old rare marble statue of Cybele, the mother goddess of Anatolia, has been unearthed in excavations in Ordu, which is a port city on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. The historic sculpture of Cybele sitting on her throne weighs 200 kilos and is about 110 centimeters tall.

A bull, which had been bought in Turkey's western province of Kocaeli to be sacrificed as part of an Islamic ritual for the Feast of Sacrifice starting on Sept. 24, escaped and ran for its life toward Istanbul on a main highway for two hours while blocking traffic early Sept. 23.

What pose did the famous Venus di Milo statue feature when it still retained the female figure’s arms and hands?

The Sumerian materials discovered in a box in Ur are on display. AP photo