Fossil shark teeth of various shapes and sizes. By Luca Oddone. Source: CC BY-SA 3.0.

Glossopetrae: From Tongue Stones to Shark Teeth

Imagine yourself stumbling upon a jagged triangular stone glinting in the Mediterranean sun, with its sharp edges hinting at a mysterious past. What you’ve just stumbled upon was once known as glossopetrae or “tongue stones”.  For centuries, people across Europe believed these objects were the petrified tongues of mythical serpents or dragons. Glossopetrae had been

Zoomed in photograph of the dragon mummy. From the No. 47 Bulletin of Office of the Shōsōin Treasure House.

Hidden Identity of the ‘Dragon’ Mummy Revealed At Last

On this year 2025’s Father’s Day weekend, the film live adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon has dazzled audiences everywhere. The movie’s cutting-edge visual effects conjures the amazing imagery and magic of dragons, which in turn, has renewed peoples’ deep fascination for these mythic creatures with fresh hot energy. The film even soared to