THERE is a cleft in a stone hill outside Qardho, in northern Somalia, which even the hardest gunmen and frankincense merchants avoid. In the cool dark, out of the bleached sunshine, there is a pit, a ...

For centuries, the Nephilim have existed at the edge of belief, somewhere between myth, scripture, and whispered conspiracy. Mentioned briefly in ancient texts, they are described as giants, warriors, ...

Genies (or jinn, as they are better known in the Arabic world) are supernatural beings with roots in ancient Mesopotamian legends. Jinn, however, are not the lamp-dwelling, wish-granting benevolent ...