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Classical education has been a growing movement within the United States, Canada, and Australia for the past twenty years. It is based on the Trivium.

All that remains of this mysterious civilization are funerary art and inscriptions found in their elaborate underground tombs.

Philosophy of Philo of Alexandria who believed that God should be worshiped from his Jewish upbringing, but with a Greek philosopher's view of God's nature.

Once a religious and political crossroad between Europe and Asia, Ancient Ephesus is full of history to be discovered.

The Celts took early inspiration from Greece and the near east, nature and their own world view to create their own unique style of art

Bold, yet simple and elegant design is what makes the Greek Revival home unique.

A trip to Barcelona, Spain must include a visit to Antoni Gaudi's masterpiece of design and architecture. There is no other park in the world like it.

On the island of Cyprus, history lies in layers, with bits of different eras exposed as in an archaeological dig that dates from prehistoric times to the 21st century.

Roman religion was transformed by contact with conquered regions, introducing new gods and goddesses as well as new forms of worship often associated with mystery cults.

Art historian Kennneth Clark describes the roles of the Abbey of Cluny and the Chartres Cathedral in the European civilization of the 12th century.

Etruscan art included sculpture, pottery, metal work and painting. Whilst the Greeks influenced techniques and style, much of the impetuous was uniquely Etruscan

An ancient block of basalt, detailing the greatness of an Egyptian king, became the answer to the riddle of hieroglyphics.

Tucked away in Lebanon's beautiful, yet troubled, Bekaa Valley is Baalbeck, site of some of the finest examples of Imperial Roman architecture.

The Invasions of Alexander led to the spread of Greek cultural and artistic influences. The Gandhara Art form was born as Buddhism encountered Greek ideas and techniques

Site of one of the oldest Middle East settlements, Tarsus played a prominent role in the histories of competing Near East and Mediterranean empires.

Some of the best fish and chips I've ever tried came from a national franchise in South Africa. I could have used some Ocean Basket on a recent trip to the UK!

Fiction from Robert Reed, Rachel Pollack, Albert E. Cowdrey, M. Rickert; reviews by Charles de Lint, Elizabeth Hand and Kathy Maio; and Paul di Filippo and David Langford

Beginning in the 1960s, Neo-Eclectic homes began mixing and matching to create unique homes that were one-of-a-kind.

The catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79 trapped 25,000 inhabitants of Pompeii, many of whom left superb examples of everyday life in 1st Century Rome.

A forum was an integral aspect of a Roman city. It was where all major political and commercial activity occurred, and was where the people of a Roman town gathered.

Languages like the extinct Coptic tongue, though technically "dead," continue to give fascinating insights into the history and culture of the region where it flourished.

Frequently out-numbered, Alexander demonstrated risk-taking as well as strategy against the forces of Darius III, ultimately conquering the empire of Cyrus.

Arthur John Evans is probably not the first name that would spring to mind when talking about archaeology, but his excavations led to the deciphering of Linear script