The myths and legends of Ancient Greeks and Romans are more than mere stories of supernatural events. They reflect the collective consciousness of societies deeply connected with their natural environment. The Greeks and Romans viewed the gods and divinities which populated their myths as anthropomorphised representations of natural forces, and throughout ancient literature they had Continue Reading
Remembering Asia-Pacific Natural Disasters, By Emily Jackson
The Asian-Pacific has undeniably been impacted by devastating natural disasters. Investigating from a socio-economic perspective, cases such as the 2004 Tsunami (a natural disaster so big its death toll reached 227,898 across Indonesia and Thailand), can provide an insight into the severity of the chaos wreaked on communities savaged by the natural world.