ENTABLATURES & FLORAL FRIEZES (NECROPOLIS OF THEBES-18TH & 20TH DYNASTIES)

Flowers, like the blue lotus or the papyrus, are the main motif in these patterns. These flowers imitate actual wreaths used as decoration o...

Ptolemy world map -Modernised

Ptolemy's Goal T he introduction to Geography states what Ptolemy wanted to accomplish, which includes an explanation of the princip...

ANCIENT GREEK COLONIES IN ITALY

Abraham Ortelius, in Parergon, Antwerp, 1595 Osher Collection, University of Southern Maine This map, oriented with east at the top, shows t...

THE DEATH OF JOHN PAUL I PART I

Albino Luciani was elected pope on 26 August 1978, taking the name John Paul, and died just 33 days later after one of the shortest reigns ...

THE LOST COLONY OF ROANOKE PART II

Theories about the Lost Colony The most obvious explanation is that the Lost Colonists were never found because they were dead. They could...

ANCIENT NORTH AFRICA

Abraham Ortelius, in Parergon, Antwerp, 1595 Osher Collection, University of Southern Maine Phoenician colonies on the northern coast of Afr...

THE LOST COLONY OF ROANOKE PART I

The discovery of "Croatoan" A map of the Roanoke area, by John White Sometime between 1587 and 1590 the population of the first...