Western and Eastern Rome personified
Western Rome (left) and Eastern Rome (Byzantine Empire, right) personified.
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UncategorisedLet it go
Grandad: The oracle is the temple, not the priestess. That’s the Pythia. Granddaughter: Grandad it’s been 1600 years let it go.
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You need a haircut, brother
Thor: You need a haircut, brother. Loki: Shut up, Barbie.
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Necromancing or Neck-romancing?
Necromancing: Raise the dead. Neck-romancing: Romance the neck. Please learn the difference.
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How to stumble upon a priceless Greek statue
It was the morning of April 8, 1820 when a Milos island farmer named Giorgos (or Theodoros) Kentrotas was digging in ancient ruins in his...
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UncategorisedHistorical Statue Becomes Darth Vader When it Snows
Even statues have 'Star Wars' fever.
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Medusa By Daniele Danko Angelozzi
By Daniele Danko Angelozzi.
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Hermes Riding Pegasus
Hermes Riding Pegasus After the signing of the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697, and the return of prosperity to France, Louis XIV entrusted his Superintendent...
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Cassandra
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The Funeral Speech of Pericles
Pericles Funeral Speech The speech, recorded by Thucydides, highlights how Athenian democracy encourages personal freedom and sets the city apart from the rest as an...
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The Battle of Salamis
The Battle of Salamis By 480 the Persian King Xerxes and his army had overrun much of Greece, and his navy of about 800 galleys...