Without the mythological hero, Hercules, the popular culture of today would probably look a lot different than it does. You can easily draw a line from modern superheroes back to the time of the ...

What makes a hero? What forms a legend? What is it that induces people to believe in someone? Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s new movie “Hercules” attempts to answer these questions in the most ...

“The Myth of Superheroes” exhibit at the Comic-Con Museum makes the link between mythic gods and modern superheroes. Photo by Luis Monteagudo Jr. Modern-day superheroes entertain audiences around the ...

This is the last installment in my series of posts on the Twelve Labors of Hercules in Why Myths Still Matter (see Parts 1 and 2). Here we consider the final five Herculean labors and their possible ...

In the highlands of northern Israel, archaeologists uncovered a small stone artifact of colossal importance. The object — a 2,800-year-old seal — provides a “missing link” in the evolution of a ...

I am Patrick Lyon, and I write for Collider. I also teach Latin and Literature on the high school level, and have been a lifelong fan of the works of Tolkien. 1997’s Hercules took Disney’s animation ...

This is the last installment in my series of posts on the Twelve Labors of Hercules in Why Myths Still Matter (see Parts 1 and 2). Here we consider the final five Herculean labors and their possible ...

View post: Accuweather’s 2026 Hurricane Forecast Predicts Fewer Storms, But One Big Risk In a discovery hailed as the “first of its kind,” archaeologists in Israel have found a Roman marble ...

Installation view of The Trials of the Golden Rat, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri, 2020-2021 (all images courtesy the artist; photo by Elizabeth Stevenson) KANSAS CITY, MO — Combining ...