Constantine P. Cavafy was a Greek poet, born in Alexandria in 1863, who developed a fascination for the classical ― and therefore the ...

Archaeologist Francis Pryor considers the religious life of the ancient Britons and counters the myth that pagan Britain was unciviliz...

( click to enlarge) One of the most renowned painters of pagan subject matter is the Finnish artist Akeseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-193...

Klimt's Pallas Athena (1898) is an unusual painting for Klimt, whose work is often sensuous and highly sexual. By contrast, his de...

Nemesis is the ancient Greek goddess of vengeance. The Greeks had a karmic sense of justice and believed that no one should either be ...

This is the most sacred mountain of Mongolia. Since the time of Genghis Khan (1162-1227) it has been associated with his legend, but it...

Across the border from Northern Ireland, a couple of miles from the village of Ballyconnel (pop. 747) in County Cavan, can be found the...

Solomon showing pagan wisdom The crude monotheism of the Biblical Jews was so dull, dreary, and spiritually empty that it could hardl...

The island of Belle Île, part of Brittany, lies to the West of the mouth of the River Loire, the biggest river in France. The Atlantic ...