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Ancient Corinth witnessed a truly magical night of music on Sunday, as the Athens State Orchestra brought life at the Temple ...

As a young artist, my grandfather took the long journey by ship to Japan in 1908. The trip was his prize for winning a competition. While in Japan, he took up jiu-jitsu, the martial art.

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Nature Into Art” at the Toledo Museum of Art is the first major monographic exhibition ever devoted to Ruysch.

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The evolution of the term "barbarian" in ancient Greek thought—from cultural outsider to a symbol of uncivilized otherness—is ...

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For generations, Americans have surrounded themselves with the symbols of ancient Greece and Rome: marble columns, laurel ...

Journey through time to discover the most famous poets who ever lived! Celebrate these literary masters with us.

For generations, Americans have surrounded themselves with the symbols of ancient Greece and Rome: marble columns, laurel wreaths, Roman eagles, and the fasces. These icons, carved into our government ...