Tag Archives: ancient history

A Day at the Bowers Museum

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Although I’ve lived within 10 minutes of it for almost a decade, it was only within the past month that I finally made it over to Orange County’s Bowers Museum, an art and cultural history institution located in … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Art | Tagged Academic art, ancient Egypt, ancient history, Bowers Museum, brooklyn museum, Chinese art, French art, headhunters, Knohl Collection, Ludwig van Beethoven, mummies, Oceania, Orange County, painting, Papua New Guinea, Spanish colonial revival | 3 Comments

A Day in the Life of an Ancient Athenian Citizen

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: It’s the 5th century BC. Because Athens’s allies pay the city tribute (i.e. protection money in exchange for Athens shielding them from the Persians), you are sufficiently wealthy that you don’t need to work for a living. You … Continue reading →

Posted in History, The Good Life | Tagged ancient Greece, ancient Greek art, ancient history, Plato, Socrates, symposium, Teaching Company | 7 Comments

Daily Life in Ancient Egypt

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: I’m currently working my way through the Teaching Company course called The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World by Prof. Robert Garland. I finished the lectures on ancient Egypt and thought I’d share some interesting … Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged ancient Egypt, ancient history, herdsman of the anus, Herodotus, mummification | 5 Comments

Quote Du Jour

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: When Theodora was still too immature to sleep with a man or to have intercourse like a woman, she acted as might a male prostitute to satisfy those dregs of humanity who remained some considerable time in … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Sex | Tagged ancient history, books, byzantium, exotic dancer, john julius norwich, prostitute, theodora | 3 Comments

Quote Du Jour

Posted on December 1, 2013 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: Caesar, when informed of these matters, fearing the fickle disposition of the Gauls, who are easily prompted to take up resolutions, and much addicted to change, considered that nothing was to be entrusted to them; for … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Politics and Economics | Tagged ancient history, Gaul, Julius Caesar, liberalism, progress | 2 Comments

The Mysterious Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: There are a lot of theories about what happened to the great Library and Museum of Alexandria. In fact there are three main theories. But what is even more speculative are the fanciful ideas about what this library … Continue reading →