Column: The decline and fall of American civility
This column’s title is borrowed from Edward Gibbons’ epic tome "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," written in 1776. I ...
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The Five Rivers of the Greek Underworld
Ruled by Hades, the god of the underworld, the infernal rivers of Greek mythology are often mentioned in ancient literature.
Roman expansion linked to 5,200-year-old lead pollution, study finds
A new study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment revealed that lead pollution in the Aegean Sea dates ...
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What archaeology is telling us about the real Jesus
It’s shown here in Israel’s national treasures storerooms. Others imagine the onslaught of Greco-Roman culture molding Jesus into a less Jewish, more cosmopolitan champion of social justice.
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The decline of the Western world
They became the incubator for secularism as we know it today. Then what happened to Christianity? When the Roman empire accepted Christianity as the national religion (380AD), the church suddenly ...
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El Greco
From the Holy Grail of English watercolours to an El Greco that will transport you back to the 1600s, Christie’s specialists offer an exclusive look ...
Queen's University Belfast6d
History and Spanish
Our historians are able to reach back to the Roman empire, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Reformation and the great modern revolutions across all of Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia, in ...