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Southeastern Italy may be better known for its beaches and burrata, but it’s also layered with ancient Greek and Roman ...
“The word aigai means ‘goats’ in ancient Greek,” says Kottaridi ... at the symposium than to discuss the finer points of art and philosophy. The Athenian politician Demosthenes once ...
The wealthy owners of Staatsburgh, a historic Gilded Age mansion outside New York City, had tickets for the Titanic's second ...
The Fate series has many characters inspired by historical or mythological figures, here are ten of the most noteworthy.
In A History of the World in Six Glasses, the British author Tom Standage points to ancient Greece, where vinifera ... particularly the so-called noble grapes. These six grapes—Pinot Noir ...
The sprawling wonderland sits nestled in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, where rolling farmland provides the ...
Explore 500 works of art (including many by artists who’ve never previously exhibited in Australia) and discover exactly why more than 400 million visitors have attended the Triennials since the first ...
The legendary ancient Greek courtesan Lais of Corinth was famous for her beauty that left no man resistant to her charms, and her extravagant demands and sharp tongue ...
Callimachus, the Ancient Greek genius, influenced library organization and the poetic preference for shorter verses over long ...
From Egypt, a limestone relief depicting a worshipper in adoration (View Lot 401) reflects the delicacy and precision of New Kingdom funerary art. The piece, from a respected European collection, ...
In the Museum of Plaster Casts of Ancient Art you can discover about 2000 full-sized replicas of Greek and Roman sculptures - right in the center of Munich. Around 2000 replicas of Greek and Roman ...