Cristoforo Buondelmonti, an Italian priest and explorer, was passionate about sharing his knowledge of Greece, its history and its geography ... The 186-page long atlas contains both printed and ...
The oldest known stone tablet featuring the Ten Commandments is set for auction at Sotheby’s and may sell for as much as $2 ...
For his first non-American subject, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns chose Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci.
Oxford believed that his wife had been unfaithful to him while he was away on a European tour and (for a time, at least) seems to have doubted that he was the father of her first child. Hamlet says to ...
Every degree program has its own 'black beast': the exam that scares everyone or almost everyone. Although each student may ...
At a time when the passage of time was dictated by the movement of the sun and the seasons, the introduction of “clock time” ...
We have returned to the world the Creonte, the first opera by Dmytro Bortnyanskyy, a composer of European and global ...
Welcome to Saint Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery, a hidden gem nestled in the unlikely town of Florence, Arizona. Welcome ...
Ancient Egyptians wrote the letter upside down, creating a symbol that resembled a steer with horns. Learn the surprising ...
You will gain a thorough grounding in ancient history's key aspects and approaches. You will develop the ability to assess historical evidence critically and synthesise historical data from printed, ...
The Book of Kells is a large illuminated manuscript — a handwritten and heavily illustrated document ornamented with paints made from gold and silver. It was made at the beginning of the ninth century ...
The way ancient Greeks chose their names is a fascinating story that reveals a lot about their ideals, beliefs and familial ...