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Roman Statues Weren’t White; They Were Once Painted in Vivid, Bright Colors

about 23 hours ago

The idea of the classical period—the time of ancient Greece and Rome—as...

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: From the Walls of Babylon to the Sewers of Rome

2 days ago

You may not be able to name all, or even most, of...

Bertrand Russell’s Advice For How (Not) to Grow Old: “Make Your Interests Gradually Wider and More Impersonal”

2 days ago

Image by National Portrait Gallery, via Wikimedia Commons Advice on how to...

The First Robot Movie: Watch a Newly Discovered Georges Méliès Film from 1897

3 days ago

Metropolis, Forbidden Planet, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, Blade Runner, The...

Download 60,000 Works of Art from the National Gallery, Including Masterpieces by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Rembrandt & More

3 days ago

As a young amateur painter and future art school dropout, I frequently...

The Adventures of Prince Achmed, the Oldest Surviving Animated Feature Film, Is Now in the Public Domain (1926)

4 days ago

Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed, or The Adventures of Prince Achmed, lays...

Rome in 1890 Captured in Color Photographs: The Colosseum, Forum, Trevi Fountain & More

4 days ago

For almost two hundred years, English gentlemen could not consider their education...

Behold the First Realistic Depiction of the Human Face (Circa 25,000 BCE)

5 days ago

?si=HOvgnTtB4xSNqpNE In 1894, archaeologist Édouard Piette discovered the “Venus of Brassempouy,” otherwise...

The Greatest Double Agent Ever: How a Spanish Chicken Farmer Became the Most Important Double Agent in WWII

5 days ago

Juan Pujol García was one of the rare individuals whose participation in...

How Fritz Lang’s Metropolis Created the Blueprint for Modern Science Fiction (1927)

8 days ago

A vast, miserable proletariat squanders its days in meaningless toil. Society is...

How Medieval Cathedrals Were Built Without Science, or Even Mathematics

9 days ago

Science and engineering may be conflated to some degree in the public...

What Did the Instruments in Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights Sound Like? Oxford Scholars Recreate Them

9 days ago

Welcome to The Garden of Earthly Delights You’ll find no angelic strings...