The Woodcutters’ Tongue and the First Alphabet
What language did the Phoenicians speak? Phoenician, of course. In terms of linguistic classification, it…
Clio
This category is about history.
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From Abraham to the Land of Purple
As you will have gathered, we have been to Tunisia. The question may well have…
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A King, an Unfinished Business, and the Teutonic Custom
Once upon a time there was a prince. What he liked above all things were…
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Giant Flowers and Mythological Roots
A departure today from our usual subjects. But a couple of facts took me quite…
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Carthaginian Pottery
The beauty of the everyday in the work of Carthaginian potters of the 7th–3rd centuries…
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Bronze Masterpieces from the Deep
I adore ancient sculpture. Do you? Today I have assembled a selection of bronzes for…
