Ancient Greek writers provide descriptions of a strange island where the inhabitants lived nude, deeply loved women and hated ...

In August, the first 38 coins – 37 Roman and one Greek – arrived to form the core of the Dr. David Menchell Coin Collection, ...

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What seems like fable is in fact autobiography, now being told in a multi-art performance by South Florida ...

The mummy portraits are stunning. Their production began around 30-40 ce, sixty or so years after the defeat of ...

Milestone birthdays occasion consideration of what we’ve done with our lives, and what we want to do with the time to come.

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