Researchers survey global sites where legend aligns with material remains, underscoring how stories can preserve traces of past events.
New work at Gorham’s Cave assesses a carved Gorgon fragment and related Medusa traditions, while features beneath Kastelli resemble accounts of the Minotaur’s labyrinth in Crete. Comparative cases include Crater Lake in Klamath oral history, layered ruins at Hisarlik consistent with Homer’s Troy, and elite-period finds at Tintagel.
Further examples span Lake Guatavita and El Dorado, the unlocated city of Ys, Hy-Brasil, Loch Ness, and Xanadu. Findings around Sherwood Forest and debates near Temple Mount illustrate enduring myth–history intersections.
