In every culture of the world myths help explain our origins, the world’screation, gods and monsters, demons, the afterlife, and the underworld.This compelling account gathers together themes and stor
Monsters have preoccupied mankind from the earliest times: even cave art includes animal-human monsters. Certainly monsters were present in the ancient religions of Egypt and Mesopotamia; the Old Test
The stories behind thepaintings and sculpturesthat form our commonartistic heritage, illustratedwith superb reproductionsof the works, as well asdozens of details andcomparative works.
Myths in every culture explain our origins, the earths creation, gods and monsters, demons, the afterlife and the underworld. This compelling account, newly available in paperback, gathers together th
This volume investigates one of the most significant shifts in contemporary urban research: the shift from an object- to an action-related perspective on the city. Outlining a critical urban theory fr
From the days of the earliest Paleolithic cave rituals, magic has gripped the imagination. Magic and magicians appear in early Babylonian texts, the Bible, Judaism, and Islam. Secret words, spells, an
