Treat yourself to this anthology featuring the darkest criminals you’d never want to meet outside its pages. Miriam sets out to recover a...

Egypt loved Osiris because he was a wise and gentle king. He taught Egyptians law and order and led them away from savage practices like...

The main figures, Plato to the left and his student, Aristotle, to the right, represent two different schools of philosophy. Plato is...

The painting depicted here is of Michael Sendivogius demonstrating the transmutation of a base metal into gold before the King of Poland....

You’ve just seen a McGuffin. On the run with the rain pouring down, Marion Crane stops at the Bates Motel. A McGuffin, also spelled...

In Rome, the curule chair was made with curved legs forming a wide X. It had no back and low arms. Designed for government officials, it...

Associated with Aphrodite and spring flowers, The Three Graces were considered the youthful granters of beauty in all its forms:...

Menander was one of the most popular playwrights of antiquity. Although most of his work was lost during the Middle Ages, one play,...

The Romans used various timekeeping devices. Sundials were imported from Sicily in 263 BCE, and they were set up in public places. The...

The stola was the traditional boxy, outer garment, usually woolen, worn by Roman married women. It corresponded to the toga, the...