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Bronze and the Divine: Casting the Gods of Ancient Greece
For the ancient Greeks, bronze was the substance of the divine. Stone was permanent and earthly. But bronze caught light, gleamed like skin in sunlight, and carried a warmth that made the gods it depicted seem almost alive. The tragedy is that almost none of it survives. Of the thousands of large-scale bronze sculptures produced…
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The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great died in Babylon in 323 BCE at thirty-two years old, ruler of the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen. He was buried with a tremendous ceremony. Then, somewhere in the long collapse of antiquity, his tomb disappeared entirely. Ancient sources tell us that his body was taken to Alexandria, Egypt,…
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The Star in the Dungeon
Journal of Nathaniel Faust, Master Supreme of Mystics 2 May 20– Some people are terrible. The worst are those who create generations of pain by passing it on to their replacements, who inflict it without even understanding why. I hope it’s true that he keeps a special place for them. What manner of punishment…
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