The Egyptian Sphinx of Giza is one of the most recognisable sculptures and mythological creatures of the ancient world. In Egypt, the...

Like Odysseus and Orpheus, Theseus was a legendary hero of the distant past, supposedly an offspring of King Aegeus, a human being or the...

Lyre Player and Bird Fresco from the Throne Room of Nestor's palace in Pylos dated LH IIIB (about 1300 BCE). The story of Orpheus, like...