A study looking at ancient texts may have found evidence of a galactic supernova in a poem praising Saladin, the first sultan of Egypt and Syria, written between December 1181 and May 1182 CE. The ...

Turkish archaeologists discovered a golden brooch and rare jade stone in Troy's 2,500 B.C. settlement layer, providing new ...

Epics like The Doors' "The End" and Yes' "Closer to the Edge" are some of the longest songs in rock history, and they pushed ...

A new scholarly study reveals how the Nobel-winning poet’s verse reflects a profoundly sacramental imagination.

Let’s begin at the beginning with the first of the genre “Beach Party.” American International Pictures (AIP) made five ...

For a lot of people, reading “The Iliad,” an ancient Greek epic poem by Homer, would be a weeks or even months-long endeavor.

The Shahnameh, the world's longest epic by Ferdowsi, narrates Iran's ancient past. New translations are introducing its ...

The story of Apollo and Daphne was written around the year zero by Roman poet Ovid in the Metamorphoses. Ovid was a trainee lawyer and student of rhetoric. In the story, a woman named Daphne becomes a ...

Marvel fans are buzzing over the first look at Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom in 'Avengers: Doomsday,' slated for December 2026. A promotional image reveals Downey Jr. in medieval-style Doom armor, ...

DIE-HARD football fans from England's fifth-tier have broken the record for the longest away trip. Truro City made the mega journey of nearly 900 miles up north to take on Carlisle United for today's ...

Did you know that at $2.212 billion (and counting), Ne Zha II is the highest-grossing animated film of all time at the worldwide box office, even surpassing the likes of Disney/Pixar fare like Frozen ...

Alan Jacobs clarifies centuries of debate over John Milton’s epic retelling of the Fall. Christian life is rooted in a story with a specific plot. It begins with God’s creation of the world, builds ...