These days, it’s easy to take cleanliness for granted — we can shower whenever we please and choose from an endless array of ...

When we picture medieval dining, we often imagine grand banquets with roasted meats and overflowing goblets - but everyday ...

In this painting, The Banquet of Cleopatra, also by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770), Cleopatra’s pearl is in her outstretched hand as she likely tells Mark Antony in regal Roman dress how she ...