Apicius and the Secrets of Long-Lasting Ancient Roman Food
The governance of food supplies was an indispensable part of the Ancient Roman lifestyle. And it is today too, but today it is much easier with electricity, smart fridges, and other benefits of modern technology. But back then, it was different with Ancient Roman food.
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The Brief Empire of Vezzi Porcelain
Although involved in controversies such as industrial espionage, the Vezzi porcelain factory offered a touch of the exotic to society crazy about new things and those things that reminded them of distant and exciting countries.
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The Clandestine Nature of Dead Drops
Somewhere in Western Europe, 1977 In a peaceful neighborhood of some Western European city, there was a building. It wasn’t luxurious, but the second floor had a nice little balcony. Above the flower pots, where green leaves that soaked up the summer sun, there were also almost always white towels drying on the clothes line. […]
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Velvet and the Language of Color: Crimson, Imperial Purple, and Beyond
From its beginnings, velvet has been more than a luxurious fabric. It has served as a canvas for color, with each hue carrying deep meaning and social significance.
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The Fall of Constantinople (1453): What Was Really Lost?
The 1453 fall of Constantinople was not only the fall of the Byzantine Empire but also one of the biggest intellectual and cultural losses in all of human history. When the Ottoman Empire, led by Sultan Mehmed II, breached the walls of this city, one of ancient times’ greatest collections of knowledge fell with it: the Imperial Library of Constantinople. But what had been destroyed in the apocalypse? What was lost when East Rome’s capital had fallen?
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