The roots of the word tyranny are at the heart of the name of that famous dinosaur T-Rex. Today’s podictionary word brought to you by GoToMeeting. Try it free for 45 days by following the link www.gotomeeting.com/podcasts Tyrannosaurus rex literally translates as “tyrant lizard kingâ€� since...

Are you ready for more Herodotus? So Crazy King Cambyses dies but not before some court intrigue in which a Magian named Smerdis takes over by making everyone think he was Cambyses’ brother Smerdis. Same name, different people but for some reason it was hard for the Persians to figure out. Any...

I saw something on the History Channel about the ancient Greeks and paleontology. They found evidence that the Greeks did in fact find ancient fossils and they were the basis of the various mythological monsters they created such as Grifins. It was pretty cool. If there was a paleontology minor at m...