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The Origins of Halloween Part 2: The Day the Dead Return, Dia De Los Muertos in Mexico

In Mexico the dead walk with the living, and the brides of death meet their otherworldly companions to bring them treats and blessings on the night after Halloween...

The Origins of Halloween Part 1: Samhain and the Celtic Time of Spirits

Did you know that the Jack O’ Lantern is actually thought to represent a severed human head captured in battle? Follow along as we describe the origins of this most macabre of all holidays in this first of a two part series on Halloween...

Ancient Rome on Film, Part 1: From Spartacus to the Fall of the Empire

From the Silent Era to Spartacus - this first in a two part series on the Ancient World of Cinema, that traces the Roman Empire's rise during the silver screen when movies like Ben Hur ruled, to theeventual Fall of Empire on film, when the sword and sandal genre finally drove audiances away from the big screen...

Language and Identity in the Roman Empire

The most detailed records we have of ancient Europeans come to us from early Greek historians who describe to us the various tribes and peoples that lived at the periphery of their known world. The Romans later shaped these defintions into the provinces that shaped there Empires, influencing the language areas that make up European society to this day.

Ancient Rome on Film, Part 2: The Empire Strikes Back, from Gladiator to Spartacus Blood and Sand

For nearly 3 decades after the epic disasters of the 60's lost out at the box office it seemed that the sword and sandal genre would be dead forever until decades later when a new set of films broke new ground and helped revive the Roman Empire...