Representations from the walls of sealed and inaccessible tombs, as well as many other funerary artworks created by ancient Egyptians, were never meant to be seen. However, this is the greatest source of Egyptian art and indeed, as Eaton-Krauss pointed out, ‘a wealth of masterpieces are preserved to attest the inspiration and technical skill of…
The use of a frame story, which serves as a framework within which a number of other stories are told, is a very popular technique in storytelling. The collection of One Thousand and One Nights is a classic famous example, but the technique has a longer history with many of these stories coming from India,…
The owls, patron birds of goddess Athena, have a history that goes beyond the common association with wisdom and knowledge. Much like in ancient Greece, where the love of wisdom flourished, owls played a part in many a peoples’ mythology, culture, language and art. An exploration into the role this bird had in people’s beliefs provides…
Beer is one of the oldest alcoholic beverages in the world with a long and rich history full of legends, myths and stories. A variety of ingredients and cereal crops have been used to make beer and some cultures around the world still make their traditional brews using methods similar to those applied thousands of…