Before weather apps, meteorologists, and that one friend who insists they can “smell rain coming,” ancient people looked up ...

What came first – all-seeing Gods or complex societies? God the Father and Angel, Guercino Giovan Francesco Barbieri via Wikimedia Commons When you think of religion, you probably think of a god who ...

Across history, gods were not always forgotten because people stopped believing in them. Sometimes they were condemned ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the psychology of leadership, tech and entrepreneurship. While the human quest of meaning is perennial, the answers ...

Thucydides is rightly judged the first modern historian. What made him modern was his eschewing the role of the gods, of oracles, and of omens in the explanation of history. Let others trek out to ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Jennifer Szalai You might think that being worshiped as a god would be the ultimate dream come ...