A Multicultural Pantheon
Carthage had a most curious religion. The Carthaginians had inherited it from the Phoenicians, of…
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This category is about museums.
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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…
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Etna and Hallowe’en
Our journey to Erzurum and Kars has come to an end and given way to…
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The Straw That Learned to Write
There was in Proto-Indo-European a word *ḱolh₂mos, “straw, stalk.” From it descend Latin culmus, German…
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The Hawk That Became an Eagle
We have met the beyliks, the Saltukids among them; but independent as they were, they…
