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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Vampires and Witches in Ancient Rome

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I am perfectly delighted to bring you this post about Vampire-babies and witches in Ancient Rome. The skull you see here is that of a…

The Cairo Toe

Ancient History, History of Science / November 15, 2023 / medicine

Behold the Cairo Toe, the earliest surviving prosthesis ever made. About 3,000 years ago in an Ancient Egyptian chamber lying west of Luxor, Egypt, a…

History Themed Christmas Carol

Ancient History, Live Reporting / October 25, 2023 / ancient greece

Every year, I write a historically themed Christmas Carol because history geek. So here’s this year’s! “Wake up Ye Blinded Gentlemen/Greek Metaphysics” (from “Oh Come…

The Condemnation of Jesus

Ancient History / September 15, 2023 / Christian history, Jewish history, Rome

This scene of Jesus’ condemnation by the Roman governor of Judea, painted by Antonio Ciseri, is one that millions of Christians contemplate each Easter. In…

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