Ancient Legends

Princess Aithlin is the last in a line of powerful women guardians. Even if she can survive her grandmother’s training methods, she’ll need more than her magic to save the kingdom. After the mysterious murder of her father, King Jordain, and the dubious rise of an illegitimate king, Aithlin is forced to enter her kingdom's darkest corridors in search of answers. To return the throne to its rightful heir, she'll need to navigate a labyrinth of secret societies, corrupt guilds, and relentless bounty hunters—and get it all done in ten short days. In a city tangled in deception and self-...

There's a legend in this valley about a ghostly horseman that rides by night. There are many such legends and for schoolteacher Ichabod Crane the darkness of night holds a special fascination...and fear. For often there is truth in stories, especially ghost stories. And one fated night, Ichabod Crane will discover that the horseman of the legend is indeed... headless!

Rhodopis is a kitchen slave who dreams of a life of freedom. Persecuted by her Greek master's conceited and beautiful daughters, Rho vows to ease other's burdens, never add to them. But when the gods hear her prayer and offer Rho everything she ever wanted, she'll have to fight to keep fate from slipping through her fingers.

Inside, you'll explore rituals, sacrifices, and societal structures that may challenge your beliefs. If you're brave enough to listen, you'll walk away with a deeper understanding and appreciation of Mesoamerica’s vibrant heritage. Learn about the Olmecs, Zapotecs, Mayans, Aztecs, Incas, and others. Discover their spiritual beliefs, religion, architecture, agriculture, medicine, and social systems.

Fifteen years ago, Lęina’s mother, Yuliana, went searching for a mythical place called the Garden and never returned. Determined to learn the truth about what happened, Lęina travels to Brazil to search for the hidden realm, with Yuliana’s journal and a local tour guide leading the way. But Lęina soon begins to wonder if she’s looking for answers—or if what she truly wants to find is herself.

Did you know the Olympic Games, modern medicine, and democracy all started in ancient Greece? This audiobook, designed for teens, takes you on an exciting journey through Greece’s history, from its early days to its most powerful moments. It’s filled with fascinating facts and stories about the people, battles, and ideas that still impact us today.

After solving a mystery in Peru, the Donaldson twins—Jed and Rick—are ready for their next big adventure. This time, their family vacation takes them to Stonehead Island, a remote Pacific outpost famous for its ancient, towering stone statues shrouded in mystery. Jed can’t wait to explore the archaeological dig and solve the riddle of how the giant heads were built and transported. Rick just wants to hit the beach. And Meek—their brilliant, wisecracking robot friend—is along for the ride, ready to lend a mechanical hand. But paradise turns dangerous when Meek is kidnapped by a ...

The annals of world history are filled with intriguing, although often outlandish stories of lost cities and kingdoms, and in addition to Atlantis, there are also Hyperborea, Shambhala, and Aztlan, to name just a few. One of these lost cities is that known as Ubar, Wabar, or Iram. Ubar and its location continued to fascinate people around the world, and it seemed as though its secrets would remain hidden beneath the Arabian sands until the 1980s, when a photojournalist named Nicholas Clapp became interested in the city.

Enslaved in Kipchak Khanate, Jinghua has lost everything: her home, her family, her freedom...until the kingdom is conquered by enemy forces and she finds herself an unlikely conspirator in the escape of Prince Khalaf and his irascible father across the vast Mongol Empire. On the run, with adversaries on all sides and an endless journey ahead, Jinghua hatches a scheme to use the Kipchaks’ exile to return home, a plan that becomes increasingly fraught as her feelings for Khalaf evolve into an impossible love.

Explore the four cities of Irish legend to which druid Abaris the sky-rider traveled in his flying machine, and from which the Tuatha dé Danann gods of Ireland came prior to their arrival in the British Isles - an arrival from the sky by a race of humanoids whose description matches that of the Nordic extraterrestrials visiting Earth today. Clues link diverse regions of the world under one pantheon of related gods and not the unrelated gods as we perceive them today, while greedy humans line their pockets and destroy the evidence in a grand power play.

In this work, the British Orientalist Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge discusses the seven Babylonian tablets discovered in Nineveh by Sir A.H. Layard, Mormuzd Rassam, and George Smith. These tablets contain the Babylonian beliefs regarding the creation of the world. It includes the myth of the primordial Abzu and Mother Tiamat.

Sadie is a restless teenager with a thirst for adventure. When her father mysteriously vanishes, she discovers his assistant, Gus, and her father's time machine and sets off on a journey through other time dimensions in search of him. With each jump through time, Sadie finds herself immersed in iconic moments and encounters legendary figures, from ancient civilizations to the medieval era to the American Wild West. But her mission to find her father is not without its challenges, and Sadie must use her wit, bravery, and determination to overcome the obstacles she encounters. Join Sadie as ...

Containing delightful stories from the Yoruba and other West African peoples, this book presents tales of courage and cunning, virtue and vice, and fortunes found and lost. Some of these stories draw upon actual historical persons and events, while others are purely fictional, but each story has something to delight any listener.

A dream job in a millionaire’s villa on the French Riviera. A travel vlogger hired to document a life of luxury. But this paradise has a bloody secret, and the only thing starving more than the beast in the woods is her audience’s hunger for content. Cassie James, known to her millions of followers as "Wandering Cass," has just landed the gig of a lifetime: house-sitting a modern, isolated mansion clinging to the cliffs above the Mediterranean. The stunning views and infinity pool are a goldmine for her channel, a fantasy of the luxe life she’s ready to deliver in high definition. But...

Ancient Egypt was one of the greatest and most powerful civilizations in the world ever. And of all ancient civilizations, Egyptians rule supreme when it comes to mystery and fantasy...From the lavish colors of their papyruses to how they mastered building technology thousands of years before anyone else, and to the legends surrounding the lives and deaths of their kings. Egyptians are an eternal source of awe.Begin your journey of discovering not only Ancient Egypt, but also it’s legends, mythology, and much more with this book.

Misinformation and myths have attached themselves to the Egyptian pyramids since ancient Greece and Rome. While many Americans believe that the pyramids were built by aliens, archaeologists understand that the Giza pyramids were built by the pharaohs of the Fourth Dynasty around 2450 BCE. So why is there such a disconnect between scholarly opinion and the popular view of Egypt? Jason Colavito takes us back to Late Antique Egypt, where the replacement of polytheism with Christianity gave rise to local efforts to rewrite the stories of Egyptian history in the image of the Bible.

Roma comenzó como un reino, prosperó como república, conquistó vastos territorios cuando era un imperio y se convirtió en la Ciudad Santa durante la Edad Media. Incluso hoy en día, Roma sigue intrigándonos con su rica historia, arquitectura, arte, literatura, religión, leyes y lengua. Los abundantes hallazgos arqueológicos de Roma y sus alrededores no son más que un fragmento de lo que fue la ciudad.

Step into a world where ancient Chinese spirits and ghosts reveal hidden truths about love, betrayal, and justice. In these captivating tales, the deceptive "Painted Skin Ghost" lurks behind beauty, while the fierce protector Zhong Kui defends the realms beyond life. Each story is a gateway into centuries-old beliefs and mysteries, inviting readers to explore the rich tapestry of Chinese folklore. Discover what lies beyond the veil, where supernatural encounters echo the values and fears of ancient China—offering haunting insights that still resonate today.

A Tale of Forgotten Truths, Hidden Powers, and the Stories That Shape Reality Some stories are written. Some are erased. And some refuse to be forgotten. Ilias was once a scholar, a seeker of knowledge buried in the ruins of the past. Now, he is something else—a wanderer bound to an unraveling world, caught in the threads of a history no one remembers and a future that may never come to pass. The Keepers, the silent guardians of time’s greatest secrets, claim they are protecting balance, but Ilias has seen the truth: the past is breaking, and the very fabric of reality is fraying at the...

The book contains the myths of Odysseus set out on the basis of Homer's "Odyssey".