In mythology class the other day, my teacher mentioned that Agamemnon’s death mask had been found, which coupled with the discovery of Troy in the 19th century makes me wonder if the war and ...
Long before Homer wrote the Iliad, the real-life progenitors of the epic poem's characters might have visited a small outpost on the Greek coast. Archaeologists have discovered a spectacularly ...
The 1963 film Jason And The Argonauts, directed by Don Chaffey, with a soundtrack by Bernard Herrmann and featuring the stop-motion animation of Ray Harryhausen, was my introduction to the myths of ...
Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame achieved unprecedented box office success, grossing a cumulative $4.9 billion, establishing the absolute zenith of the superhero genre. However, this cinematic ...
The Trojan War is perhaps the most famous of all Greek legends. It tells of the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (in Anatolia in modern-day Turkey) and the eventual destruction of that city by a ...
Hosting the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi was considered by some to be a strange marriage. In reality inexplicable things happen here all the time. Tour guides know almost 300 fables about the area ...
A group of women are sat side by side in a long line, each wearing a red hijab over a black dress. They take it in turns to walk to the front of a stage and stand beneath a spotlight. As each woman ...
Forever ensnared in a love-fued between 1800s literature and modern gaming, Eman Fatima tries her best to appease both her hobbies by tapping away at her keyboard and writing about her favorite games ...