If I were to ask you to close your eyes and picture the Greek Islands, what would you see?
White sand? Feta cheese? Brad Pitt dressed as Achilles?
Read MoreThe History of The Roman Pantheon
The Pantheon in Rome, one of the city’s most well preserved ancient buildings, has always been one of my favorite sites to visit. This is not just because of its breathtaking architecture and famous tombs (the artist Raphael is buried there) but because of what it once represented.
Read MoreWhen This Was A School, Nobody Died: Visiting The Tuol Sleng Museum in Cambodia
In 1975, the Khmer Rouge — one of the most lethal regimes of the 20th century — took over Cambodia.
Led by Pol Pot, the regime forced the Cambodian people to work on collective farms and labor projects, as a form of agrarian communism. Sympathetic to the peasants, they killed all who they deemed to be “New People,” or those who lived in the city at the time of their take over.
Read MoreReads For The Road: "Loot — The Battle Over The Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World" by Sharon Waxman
In most of the bookstores I walk into, the art history section is pretty lean. There are a lot of large-scale glossy photo books with the standard famous works of art in them, but not much that is critical, new, or honest.
Read MoreThe Fascinating History of Hot Air Balloons
Hot Air Ballooning had its inception in September of 1973 when De Rozier, a French scientist, launched the first balloon with a sheep, duck, and rooster as passengers. The balloon stayed airborne for fifteen minutes before it crashed to the ground.
Read MoreThe Fascinating Story of The Rosetta Stone
After passing through the massive, white porticoed main entrance of the British Museum, you will find yourself standing in the Great Court.
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