{"product_id":"the-first-monsters-ancient-creatures-that-still-haunt-us-9798250689571","title":"The First Monsters: Ancient Creatures That Still Haunt Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Aldric Voss\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the pyramids, before Homer, before the alphabet itself - there were monsters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe First Monsters explores the terrifying creatures of the ancient world: the fire-breathing guardian of the Cedar Forest, the crocodile god in the Nile, the Egyptian devourer of unworthy hearts, the serpent that tried to swallow the sun, the Gorgon whose gaze turned men to stone, and eighteen others across Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese were not primitive superstitions. They were sophisticated answers to the deepest questions human beings have ever asked: Does it matter how I live? Can the darkness be defeated? What does the wild want from us? What does civilization hide at its center?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour thousand years old. More relevant than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47568420307095,"sku":"9798250689571","price":1534.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798250689571.webp?v=1774868188","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-first-monsters-ancient-creatures-that-still-haunt-us-9798250689571","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}