Typhon, or Typhoeus as he was also called, was a monstrous, serpentine creature with a hundred heads that could shoot fire ...

In the legend of Heracles engaging on his twelve labors, the final labor required him to go down through the entrance of Hades. He needed to journey into the underworld to capture Cerberus, the hound ...

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Political intrigue, swoon-worthy romance, fierce heroes, mythical creatures—the books on this list have it all! But most notably, all of these stories were inspired by the legends and folktales that ...

From the Roman Empire to Russian Tsars and the Scottish Highlands, Richard McLauchlan's new book The Bagpipes: A Cultural History explores the mythology, history, and global reverberations of the ...

A blue vinyl river — intended to represent the Orontes River in modern-day Syria — snaked its way down the green. Roughly 90 students dressed as ancient Egyptian and Hittite soldiers, situated in ...