Diving
Review of the book Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
Review of the book Shadow Divers, the story of two technical divers and their obsession with a U-boat wreck
Travel
Tharros (Sardinia): The City That Is Almost Entirely Somewhere Else
Ruins by the sea and columns against the blue: everything a brochure wants. But most of what Tharros once held is scattered...
Travel
The Valley of the Kings (Egypt): The Secret City of the Dead
Sixty-three tombs cut into the Theban rock. Seti I, Tutankhamun, the broken sarcophagus of Ramesses. The Valley of the Kings, reviewed without...
Travel
The Temple of Hatshepsut: Power, Stone, and a Massacre
The Temple of Hatshepsut rises in three colonnaded terraces against the Theban cliffs, a monument to Egypt's most powerful female pharaoh and...
Travel
Saint Savior in Chora, the best mosaics in Istanbul
Step inside Saint Savior in Chora, Istanbul's hidden Byzantine gem, and explore the most breathtaking medieval mosaics you've likely never heard of.
Art
The Monreale Cathedral (Palermo): a Norman and Byzantine Treasure
Monreale Cathedral: an in-depth guide to one of the greatest medieval masterpieces, combining Norman architecture and Byzantine mosaics in 12th-century Sicily.
Travel
The Temple of Abu Simbel: Monumentality and Awe
Abu Simbel explained — Ramses II, Nubia, divine kingship, monumental rock-cut temples, and the extraordinary UNESCO engineering feat that saved them from...
Travel
The Hagia Sophia Basilica in Istanbul (Turkey)
In-depth guide to Hagia Sophia in Istanbul (Turkey): history from Byzantium to the Ottoman era, architectural innovation, mosaics and visitor experience.
Travel
Tips for visiting the Herculaneum excavations.
An in-depth guide to visiting Herculaneum: the 79 AD eruption, extraordinary preservation, key sites, and practical advice for thoughtful travelers.
Travel
Everything you need to know about visiting Pompeii
The definitive guide to Pompeii: history, the eruption of 79 AD, urban life, art, religion, eroticism, and the must-see sites of the...