The Guards & Early Christianity
A journey through the ages often begins with unexpected contrasts. In a Tunisian palace where…
Polyhymnia
This category is about religion.
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Ode to Virgil
Today we have a single, solitary mosaic. In the Bardo National Museum in Tunisia —…
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The Many Faces of African Saturn
You may recall my earlier piece on the ancestors of the Algerians—the Numidians (the one…
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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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A Multicultural Pantheon
Carthage had a most curious religion. The Carthaginians had inherited it from the Phoenicians, of…
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Etna and Hallowe’en
Our journey to Erzurum and Kars has come to an end and given way to…
