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ANCIENT HISTORY
View All PostsAt the height of Alexander’s military career he pushed his armies into India, intent on conquering the world. Why was the conqueror forced to turn back?
In the early days, Christianity had to defend against intellectual and political enemies from a pagan culture. Among its early defenders was the philosopher Justin Martyr.
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HISTORY
View All PostsThe Orishas are powerful nature deities rooted in West African Yoruba traditions and brought to Brazil during the 16th century slave trade.
When Francisco Pizarro arrived in Peru, the Inca Empire was already suffering from internal strife, weakening its ability to resist conquest.
PHILOSOPHY
View All PostsRoman Emperor Marcus Aurelius used daily Stoic dawn rituals to prepare for the day and withstand the stress of war and governing an Empire.
In Star Trek, Doctors McCoy and Pulaski were hesitant to use the transporters. Davidson’s Swampman thought experiment might show they were right to be afraid.
ART & ARTISTS
View All PostsNdebele art carries deep meaning as part of cultural heritage and as a symbolic form that survived the oppression and dispossession of its people.
Renaissance artists used color to paint the immortal, the divine, and the damned. Let’s see how they painted angel wings.
TRAVEL & CULTURE
View All PostsThe Renaissance revolutionized the way the West looked at the world and created its art. Check out the seven museums where its greatest masterpieces live.
In 1875, silver panics and epidemics struck Utah frontier settlements, turning boomtowns into ghost towns that are spooky tourist spots.

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View All PostsThe only ghost story in the Hebrew Bible is controversial, as it sees King Saul summoning a ghost contrary to his own edict against necromancy.
From slave to convict to pope, Callixtus I championed radical forgiveness, challenged social and religious norms, and forever changed the early Christian Church through mercy.
Stories
View All PostsKatherine Johnson was an American mathematician who worked as a 'human computer' at NASA during a time of great advancement in space exploration.
All but one of the so-called Seven Wonders of the Ancient World disappeared long ago, but you can still visit these lesser-known ancient wonders.





































