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Odin fighting Fenrir

Odin

Odin (Old Norse: Óðinn) is the main god in Norse mythology, while also existing in Germanic mythology as Woden (in Old English), Wodan...

Ivory Figure of Syrian Man with an Ostrich & Goat, Nimrud

Ivory Figure of Syrian Man with an Ostrich & Goat, Nimrud

This burned ivory figure, carved in the round, depicts a male figure carrying a goat on his shoulders and holding an ostrich by the neck. The depiction...

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Doric Temple, Segesta

Greek Temples of Sicily

There are at least a thousand reasons to visit Sicily, the great island – indeed the largest in the Mediterranean – that forms the triangular...

A Stained Glass Window Showing Two Franciscan Monks

Monastic Orders of the Middle Ages

The monastic orders of the Middle Ages developed from the desire to live a spiritual life without the distractions of the world. Men and women who took...

Tomb of Sheikh Adi in Lalish, Iraq

Yazidism

Yazidism is a syncretic, monotheistic religion practiced by the Yazidis, an ethnoreligious group which resides primarily in northern Iraq, northern...

Display of Pre-Inca Pots

Pre-Inca Civilisations at the Tucume Museum

On 1 November 2015 CE, at the annual dinner hosted by the British Guild of Travel Writers at the Savoy Hotel in London, it was announced that the Tucume...

Muromachi Samurai

Muromachi Period

The Muromachi Period (Muromachi Jidai, 1333-1573 CE) refers to the period of Japanese medieval history when the Ashikaga shogun capital was located...

Map of Celtic Peoples in the Post-Classical Period

The Celtic Invasion of Greece

Between the 5th and 4th centuries BCE, Celtic tribes moved en masse into southern Europe, intent on seizing land and wealth to feed their swelling numbers...

Ghosts in the Middle Ages

The medieval Church's vision informed the people’s religious imagination during the Middle Ages (c. 476-1500 CE) and the world was therefore...

Bird Figure, Jade Museum

Interview: Costa Rica's Jade Museum

The Jade Museum (Spanish: Museo del Jade y de la Cultura Precolombina) in San José, Costa Rica houses the world’s largest collection of...

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