10,000 years ago is young in geological history. This relatively small number seems counterintuitive when one encounters the vast space of white sands in the…
The Heraea was an Ancient Greek holiday featuring sporting events with women participants. Done in honor of Hera, the goddess of fertility, the competitors raced…
The most famous meal in Ancient Roman history might be one described in _The Satyricon_ by Gaius Petronius Arbiter. Perhaps a send-up of the excessesses…
