Researchers say a carefully prepared ergot fungus-based drink may explain the Eleusinian Mysteries in ancient Greece.

The idea isn’t brand new, but the work gives the debate a fresh jolt because it tests a concrete preparation method rather than leaning on vibes, metaphors, or modern wishful thinking. Coverage by ...

Researchers from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens have identified a possible explanation for the visions ...

For over a thousand years, people from across the Mediterranean flocked to the temple of Eleusis in Greece to take part in a ritual so secretive that anyone caught talking about it was immediately ...

For nearly two millennia, every autumn, a procession of devotees traveled the 20 kilometers separating Athens from the city ...