Know Your Ancient Greek Helmets: From Attic to Phrygian
Introduction – The ancient Greek helmet is a familiar motif when it comes to popular cultural depictions of Greek history and mythology. However, quite unsurprisingly,…
Introduction – The ancient Greek helmet is a familiar motif when it comes to popular cultural depictions of Greek history and mythology. However, quite unsurprisingly,…
Introduction – When we talk about the Japanese gods and goddesses, we must understand that much of the mythology and pantheon is derived from the…
Introduction and Reconstruction – Ara Pacis Augustae (roughly translating to ‘Altar of Augustan Peace’) was conceived as an altar in Rome dedicated to Pax, the…
Introduction – From the historical perspective, the list of Seven Wonders of the Ancient World comes to us from an incomplete manuscript known as the…
Reconstruction of Ostia Antica – Ostia Antica (derived from os, the Latin for “mouth”) was the preeminent harbor city of ancient Rome, with its geographical…
From the historical perspective, the Roman domus (house) was oddly enough not exactly ‘Roman’ in its character; rather it was possibly inspired by a few…
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The scope of ‘hi-tech’ designs is not just limited to our modern affairs. As it turns out, history has had its fair share of brilliant…
Introduction – The Crusades of the medieval times have rather proved to be a contentious subject matter, especially given its association to religious fanaticism. But…
Popular notions tend to group the later Eastern Roman realm, or more specifically the Byzantine Empire, as a strictly medieval entity that encompassed Greece, the…