Birchwood Statue of Virgin Mary

Statue made of Birchwood of the Virgin Mary, with glass eyes. Autun region of France, c. 1130-40.

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Lancaster, Pennsylvania’s Kelly’s Run Nature Preserve

Early Americas, Live Reporting, Long 19th- 20th centuries / December 2, 2024 / economic history, environmental history, religion

Kellys Run Nature Preserve near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is today part of a recently made ecological conservancy with beautiful views (see second photo) of the Susquehanna…

Athena as “Mentor” in the Odyssey and Her Identity in Ancient Greece

Ancient History, Live Reporting / January 26, 2025 / art, folklore/mythology, religion

Who wouldn’t be captivated by the Homeric rendition of the Goddess Athena? (-or this fabulous 6th-c BCE painting of her on display at the New…

Moissac sculpture, women, and sodomy in the Middle Ages

Moissac Sculpture, Women, and Medieval Sodomy

Medieval History / August 21, 2023 / art, Central and Late Middle Ages, history of sex, women

This sculpture, coming from a porch from the abbey church at Moissac and dating between 1120-1135, shows a woman in hell being tortured for her…

The Introduction of the Stirrup to Western Europe

Medieval History / November 26, 2023 / Early Middle Ages, military history, technology

This humble assemblage of metal has been the subject of fierce debate among historians — it is a 10th-century viking-age stirrup found in England. Horseback…

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