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In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, we see the imagery of nature used both to set a tone and as symbols of its character’s struggles and dispositions.
Discover the timeless female archetypes that have long dominated myths and cultures throughout history.
Crafting handles on Minoan jars or vases required considerable skill and knowledge of the suitable materials to achieve the desired result.
Aristotle’s “Categories” are fundamental to logic because they provide the tools and terms for logical analysis and discourse.
The Jungian model of the psyche is an intricate and dynamic model of all the layers that make you who you are.
The Sogdians were an Iranian-speaking people who originated from Central Asia and were at the center of the Silk Road trade.
During the late 7th century, the Arab-Byzantine conflict culminated in the Arabs crossing the Bosporus Straits twice and besieging Constantinople.
The Nag Hammadi Library is a rare collection of texts discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945, with a strange connection to the history of Christianity.