Today we will examine one of the earliest works of monumental architecture that have survived anywhere in the world, the […] Read More
Tag: religion
Everyone loves mummies. But mummies only exist because of the ancient Egyptians’ deeply felt religious beliefs about the afterlife – […] Read More
The Parthenon in its ancient context can be understood simultaneously as an idealized representation of Athenian democracy, as a trophy […] Read More
How did Christianity go from being the despised, persecuted religion of perhaps 5% of the Roman Empire to being the […] Read More
A new monotheistic religion emerged from the traditions of Judaism and Christianity in the 7th century CE Mediterranean. Today we […] Read More
Another one of the world’s most spectacular buildings, that is also hotly contested. How is this debate similar to, and […] Read More
