Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

According to ancient Greek mythology, there are five ages known as The Ages of Man, during which time humanity reaches its peak and then ends ...

Designed to turn agony into art, the Brazen Bull was more than a torture device - it was theater. Created in ancient Greece, ...

Ancient Greek history is full of the names of great minds: philosophers, scientists, statesmen, generals, historians and ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

RAVENNA is the world’s chief repository of early Byzantine art, surpassing even Istanbul, the capital of Byzantium. The ancient churches ... shows that the Dark Ages knew glory.

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

Cave of Illusions (Vidas Games, 24th Apr, $4.99) - Cave of Illusions surrounds a series of events in Looninville, New ...

Homer’s The Odyssey isn’t just an ancient story—it’s the blueprint ... This was the tail end of the Greek Dark Ages—a time with no widespread writing system, after the fall of the ...

Use of colours in pre-historic era Humans have been long fascinated by colour, which has played a significant role since the ...

“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...