How Alexander the Great Used Genies to Build a Great, Great Wall
What ancient myth can teach us about demonization, xenophobia, and the comforting fiction of a wall.
Asher Kohn studies land use and disuse. He is an editor at Ajam Media Collective and has written for Timeline, Slate, Roads & Kingdoms, and a few other places.
What ancient myth can teach us about demonization, xenophobia, and the comforting fiction of a wall.