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The ruins of an early 17th century bastle or defensible farmhouse in the Anglo-Scottish Borders as protection against Border Reivers. Source: drhfoto/Adobe Stock — 20 May 2024

The Hot Trod: A History of the Anglo-Scottish Border

By John Sadler

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Here are two peoples almost identical in blood – the same language and religion; and yet a few years of quarrelsome isolation – in comparison with the great historical cycles – have so separated their thoughts and ways, that not unions nor...
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The ruins of an early 17th century bastle or defensible farmhouse in the Anglo-Scottish Borders as protection against Border Reivers. Source: drhfoto/Adobe Stock — 20 May 2024

The Hot Trod: A History of the Anglo-Scottish Border

By John Sadler

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Here are two peoples almost identical in blood – the same language and religion; and yet a few years of quarrelsome isolation – in comparison with the great historical cycles – have so separated their thoughts and ways, that not unions nor...
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Calcio match in Piazza Santa Maria Novella, in Florence. Painting by Jan Van der Straet. Source: Public Domain — 17 May 2024

Calcio Storico, The Sport of Florence That Equates to an All-out Brawl

By Aleksa Vučković

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In modern times, it is not uncommon for ancient sports to once more become popular. Often, they are long forgotten board games, or folkloric games with sticks and stones. But one Italian sport didn’t even need revival. Calcio Storico is an early...
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Calcio match in Piazza Santa Maria Novella, in Florence. Painting by Jan Van der Straet. Source: Public Domain — 17 May 2024

Calcio Storico, The Sport of Florence That Equates to an All-out Brawl

By Aleksa Vučković

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In modern times, it is not uncommon for ancient sports to once more become popular. Often, they are long forgotten board games, or folkloric games with sticks and stones. But one Italian sport didn’t even need revival. Calcio Storico is an early...
Read More

Painting — 15 May 2024

The Fateful Meeting of Atahualpa & Pizarro (with Prof. Tom Cummins, Harvard)

By Dr Richard Marranca

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I was extraordinarily fortunate to meet the esteemed Dr. Tom Cummins nearly twenty years ago in Cusco, Peru - one of the great world centers, or axis mundi. Tom was one of our brilliant lecturers during the five-week NEH summer study, ‘Andean...
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Painting — 15 May 2024

The Fateful Meeting of Atahualpa & Pizarro (with Prof. Tom Cummins, Harvard)

By Dr Richard Marranca

History & Tradition

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I was extraordinarily fortunate to meet the esteemed Dr. Tom Cummins nearly twenty years ago in Cusco, Peru - one of the great world centers, or axis mundi. Tom was one of our brilliant lecturers during the five-week NEH summer study, ‘Andean...
Read More

AI image of an Akkadian king-god representative of Naram- Sin. Source: Oleksandr/Adobe Stock — 10 May 2024

Naram-Sin - The World’s First God-Emperor

By Willem McLoud

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During the second half of the third millennium BC the land of Sumer and in fact the entire Mesopotamian region came under the control of the Akkadians, a Semitic people who had lived for centuries among the Sumerians. When the Akkadian Emperors...
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AI image of an Akkadian king-god representative of Naram- Sin. Source: Oleksandr/Adobe Stock — 10 May 2024

Naram-Sin - The World’s First God-Emperor

By Willem McLoud

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During the second half of the third millennium BC the land of Sumer and in fact the entire Mesopotamian region came under the control of the Akkadians, a Semitic people who had lived for centuries among the Sumerians. When the Akkadian Emperors...
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08 May 2024

Historical Journey of the Dying Gaul

By MartiniF

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The 2,000-year-old sculpture of the Dying Gaul is a larger-than-life marble sculpture of a nude man on the ground holding himself with one arm, resting weakly on an outstretched leg. His hand sits atop a broken sword on the ground and his head bent...
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08 May 2024

Historical Journey of the Dying Gaul

By MartiniF

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The 2,000-year-old sculpture of the Dying Gaul is a larger-than-life marble sculpture of a nude man on the ground holding himself with one arm, resting weakly on an outstretched leg. His hand sits atop a broken sword on the ground and his head bent...
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