Tolkien took heavy inspiration from real-world history ... There were certainly some creatures in Middle-earth that could be compared to dinosaurs, but to say that there were literal dinosaurs ...

Maps of Middle-earth typically depicted only the westernmost portion of the continent, as those were the regions most relevant to the Fellowship's quest. To the east and south of the map's borders ...

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is officially back for season 2… and bringing the Middle-earth map energy ... reverse-engineering a fantasy world “lands one in confusions and ...

On The Rings of Power‘s map, Númenor lies west of Middle-earth and far to the south of the world. Ruled by King ... Power‘s map also turn out to be real. Though the seas are calm for ...

Karen Wynn Fonstad was a cartographer who exhaustively mapped J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth, the setting of ... accompanying commentary considers real-world forces that might have shaped ...

There’s a mini-map of Middle-earth onto which you place delightfully ... desperate chase depicted in the books and there’s no real matchup between allying factions and the rewards they offer.