Karnak

This is the modern name for an ancient religious complex erected at THEBES in Upper Egypt. Called Nesut-Tawi, “the Throne of the Two Lands...

Mount Athos

Antiquity The peninsula as seen from the summit of Mount Athos (40°9′28″N 24°19′36″E), looking north-west Athos in Greek mythology is the n...

THE NECRONOMICON

The Necronomicon is a powerful and perilous magical tome of ancient origins. It was originally written by Abdul Alhazred, a great magic-use...

NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S BABYLON

THE time of Babylon's greatest material wealth and splendour, and the period which is reflected in much of the later tradition about Ba...

Minotaur in the Labyrinth

In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a monstrous creature with the head of a bull on a man’s body. Like many other mythological monsters, t...

The Green Legend

The very first emerald in the universe belonged to Lucifer. According to legend, it was the chief jewel of his heavenly crown, glowing bril...