and the French-born action filmmaker says sought the advice of 89-year-old Ray Harryhausen, the special effects pioneer who used stop-motion animation to bring mythological creatures to life in the 1981 film.

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Inside the royal chambers, you can see intricate murals of gods, mythological creatures, humans and animals, depicting religious and social themes.

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Ascension suffers from a gameplay perspective however because the games have in fact run out of mythological creatures to throw at you.

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He breathed life into mythological creatures he constructed with his own hands.

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