Lindelof says that his experience on the acclaimed but decidedly polarizing Lost attuned him to the opportunities — and responsibilities — of creating a mythology for Prometheus that audiences ...

David: "Sometimes to create, one must first destroy." In classic Greek mythology, Prometheus ... meat from their feast and giving it to man, and then by stealing fire from heaven and delivering ...

an arrogant man, desperate not to die, demands his creator save him. Only in "Prometheus," humans are the created, not the creators. The parallels go back earlier in the film, especially when ...

Sandals, masks, and other archaeological artifacts provide intimate glimpses into people's lives during Rome's rise, heyday, and fall. The engraving on this scarab from the second or third century ...