The Iliad has a vast cast of characters, many of them unknown to mainstream audiences. Credit: Antonio Raffaele Calliano / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Homer’s Iliad, often considered to be the ...
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In Homer's Odyssey, the main character Odysseus embarks on a journey to various destinations as he endeavors to return home following the Trojan War. There are lots of different theories about the ...
Cambodia ’s astonishing jungle relic is another “lost city” that perhaps was never really lost. After all, no matter how dense the treescape, it is hard to lose a place that, sprawling across some 390 ...
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Names associated with the ocean (or water in general) hold a special place in my heart. One of my friends who lives with his family out in California lives near the ocean, and all of them have names ...
The extraordinary Alexander Mosaic, a prized artifact rescued from the ruins of Pompeii, has an origin story that is almost as interesting as the story of the legendary man it portrays.