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Tolkien in Italy

Heroes December 9, 2023

When we were in Rome for a few days last week, I decided to check out “Tolkien: Man, Professor, Author,” a new exhibition at...

10 Roman Statues, Fleshed Out

Ancient October 25, 2023

Pythagoras planned it. Why did the people stare? His numbers, though they moved or seemed to move In marble or in bronze, lacked character. But boys and...

Islamic Art at the Aga Khan Museum

History May 25, 2023

Of all the places I’ve visited (and that I keep wanting to share with you guys), one in particular keeps coming to mind. About...

Risking a Trip to Titanic Belfast

History September 23, 2020

It seems kind of weird that Belfast would capitalize on its links to a terrible shipping disaster, but that’s what it has gone and...

Thailand Works

Asia February 7, 2020

During our latest stay in Bangkok, we were lucky to meet some people willing to discuss the history of this region and to introduce...

Creators and Destroyers in Colombo’s National Museum

Asia January 20, 2020

After visiting the National Museum, I had a dream in which a mass murderer walked into a supermarket with an arsenal of antique Sri...

Life in the Kandy Kingdom

Asia January 10, 2020

Kandy sits on a hill in the central highlands of Sri Lanka, ensconced in dense jungle and a curve of the island’s great river...

Warrioresses of the Rising Sun

Asia November 7, 2019

The Museo Arte Orientale (MAO) is one of the best museums in Turin, coaxing you into alien perspectives with amazingly beautiful artefacts and clear...

Sekhmet in Piedmont

Italy October 5, 2019

Ancient Egypt is hard. There are too many dynasties. The Book of the Dead has a promising title but there is no clear plot....

Turin’s Big Brains and Deviant Apples

Italy September 9, 2019

The other day I had an hour to kill in Turin’s Crocetta district, so I went to three museums in the same building—the “Luigi...

Fricking Art Central!

Americas February 24, 2021

One of the great New York traditions that I wouldn’t have seen except for our friends Michael and Jenny is Shakespeare in the Park,...

Met Cloisters and the Pennsylvania Kid

Americas July 6, 2019

One of New York’s big tourist attractions is the Metropolitan Museum of Art , which is actually three different museums. Most people know the...

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Portal to Ur

The Other Gallipoli

Beach Walk

Tolkien in Italy