I desired dragons with a profound desire,” fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien once said about his childhood imagination, ...

He read of a flood, a ship caught on a mountain and a bird sent out in search of dry land—the first independent confirmation of a vast flood in ancient Mesopotamia, complete with a Noah-like ...

Sixteen of the jester’s best works, including the Louvre series, are on display until January 9 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington ... ancient god of vegetation and the seasons.