British author J. R. R. Tolkien's tale of the fall of Númenor was inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Atlantis.

$35), a retelling of the Greek myth of Prometheus, in the mail for years now. The artist Anders Nilsen serializes it and self-publishes each chapter, which arrive in big envelopes that often ...

Untouched since the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago, this small dwelling provides a vivid look into ancient art and architectural shifts in the first century AD. The ...

art, theater, and language. Take Greek mythology, for example: those stories are timeless because we constantly refer to myths and stories of Ancient Greece to make sense of contemporary events.

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