We all want to believe that magical creatures exist. When the world feels too heavy, fantasy offers a world where anything is ...
Elasmotherium, often referred to as a prehistoric “unicorn,” was a large rhinoceros adapted to the cold, open steppes of the Ice Age. Its enormous horn has long been assumed to function primarily in ...
There are some two dozen animal horns displayed in The Hall of Shofars at the Biblical Museum of Natural History, but good luck trying to awaken God’s mercy by blowing into a sword-like ibex horn come ...
Unicorns have a deeply rooted association with purity, young women, and nobility. Their association with Vikings, poison, and white powder of unknown origin is, in the modern day, perhaps less ...
A shop sells nostalgic souvenirs, including a UK coat of arms, at the Portobello Road market in London. Jon Bower/Loop Images/Corbis Even though Scotland voted last week to remain a part of the United ...
Unicorns are maddeningly elusive beasts. Although they have captured the human imagination for thousands of years, no one has yet captured one in return. Or even seen one But that's no bother for one ...