In the purple predawn of civilization before pyramids and coliseums, in the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. GILGAMESH is king of Uruk, mightiest city in the Fertile Crescent ENKIDU is the creature of the wilderness, last...

On a November night in Egypt, 414 A.D., one of history's most brilliant individuals was assassinated. Her name was Hypatia, teacher and scientist at the fabled Great Library of Alexandria and the last glimmer of hope before the Dark Ages. The Rom...