Phidias Showing The Frieze Of The Parthenon To His Friends (1868) By Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

1967 Ferrari 330 P4

Invocating Pan to the Devil’s Revelry

Vampir Horror Roman - Karel Thole.

La visión del Coloseo. El último mártir

A Roman Bridge in North Wales - Author: AdaAlluring

One of my favorite historical tidbits is that Arab traders, for centuries, fooled Europeans into thinking cinnamon came from a rare, vicious and fearsome cinnamon bird.

The belief was so prevalent, in fact, that the mythical cinnamon bird shows up in the writings of Herodotus and Aristotle, all the way into medieval European manuscripts where it’s illustrated in all its fierce, cinnamony glory:

Pliny the Elder expressed skepticism of the bird in his writings, rightly assuming that it was a tale invented to keep control on the trade and prices by reducing competition, but the belief was already so widespread that it persisted in many areas into the early 1300’s.

Sword with gold and silver decorated hilt from Nuremburg, Germany, dated 1547

from The Dresden State Art Collection

Ancient burial site of  Bukit Buntu Ke’su, Indonesia - Paul Koudounaris