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Once-Popular Seasonings People Stopped Using
Mashed via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoJuniper trees are evergreens that grow in North America, Europe, and Asia. Their use in cooking goes all the way back to ancient Egypt, Rome, and Greece...
In the Ruins of Edward Gibbon’s Masterpiece
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoEven if not a single word were true, Gibbon’s prose would still be worth reading, just for the joy of reading. Gibbon also habitually writes with...
Violent doodles made by children 2,000 years ago raise eyebrows
Fox News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe Archaeological Park of Pompeii announced that its archaeologists recently discovered...
Italy travel guide: Everything you need to know before you go
The Independent via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoValle d’Aosta Valle d’Aosta is know as the ‘little Rome of the Alps’ (Getty Images) This emerald...
500 years ago, Machiavelli warned the public not to get complacent in the face of self-interested...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWill the American republic fall to the same perils that Machiavelli identified in ancient Rome and...
Column: What is the state of opera in L.A.? OperaFest LA tells only half the story
Los Angeles Times· 5 hours agoOnly in 1986 did it finally found a resident company, Music Center Opera, now Los Angeles Opera. The...
14 Death Birds: From Harbingers to Messages From Loved Ones
LOVE to KNOW via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAnother superstition from Ancient Egypt suggests sparrows carry the souls of people who have died....
Rome's Talking Statues Have Served as Sites of Dissent for Centuries
Smithsonian Magazine· 6 days agoA grand tour of Rome’s iconic sculptures often includes a few staples: the Vatican Museums’ writhing...
Tourist defaces ancient Roman wall on vacation, angering Italian authorities
Fox News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA 27-year-old man from the Netherlands got into hot water with Italian authorities after he...
Francis Ford Coppola: ‘You Can’t Be an Artist and Be Safe’
New York Times· 14 hours agoThe filmmaker talks about the inspirations for the characters in “Megalopolis” and “The Godfather,”...
