Pallisades View

View of the Pallisades from the Medieval Cloisters at the New York Metropolitan Museum, where over 200 million years ago the supercontinent Pangea ripped apart.

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Çatalhöyük Figure

Ancient History / July 24, 2024 / animals, archaeology, art, Eurasia/Middle Eastern history, folklore, folklore/mythology, history of sex, mythology, pre-history, religion, women's history

This fleshy female figure, found facing frontal with felines (haha say that ten times fast) comes from one of the earliest human civilizations that developed…

Papal Palace at Avignon

Live Reporting, Medieval History / November 20, 2023 / Christian history, medieval

From 1309-1370, the central office of the papacy was not Rome, but the French city of Avignon. Petrarch bitingly referred to this situation as “the…

The Chauvet Caves

Ancient History, Big History, Live Reporting / November 20, 2023 / art, pre-history

The Chauvet Caves in Ardeche, France, contain some of the oldest artwork made by Homo sapiens. 36,000 years ago, during one of the last ice…

Tinker Cliffs

Live Reporting / December 8, 2023 / U.S. natural parks

Tinker Cliffs are the third “Crown Jewel” of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains (along with Dragon’s Tooth and McAfee Knob). The Appalachian Trail cuts closer to…

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