I played with elephants today. I’m on a private reserve just outside Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, and the team here at Wild Horizons has three herds […]
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The Secret Life of Cleopatra
“If the name is indelible, the image is blurry,” wrote Stacy Schiff, one of Cleopatra’s many biographers. Poets, playwrights and politicians have been putting words […]
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The Three Lives of the Temple of Artemis
You likely already know Artemis as the goddess of the hunt. She lives by a babbling brooke with her animal creatures, often depicted with her […]
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Will the Real Tutankhamun Please Stand Up
A queen shuffles silently behind her husband’s funeral procession. She keeps her eyes downcast to avoid the glare of the midday sun reflecting off the […]
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Howard Carter’s Magnificent Discovery
Howard Carter chipped a small hole in a smooth plaster wall. His hands shook as he made the initial dent with his chisel, and the […]
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How a Root Canal Could’ve Saved a King’s Life
A king lies dying. Her courtiers have gathered in the dim-lit chamber where she lies on a hard pallet, her sheath clinging to her clammy […]
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Did an Egyptian Mummy Go Down with the Titanic?
No, it didn’t. But while I have your attention, let me tell you about how the rumour got started. Surprisingly, there was quite the hullabaloo […]
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When Women Ruled the World
Six legendary queens of Egypt spanned the course of a civilization that lasted over 3,000 years. From the time before the pyramids to Cleopatra’s last […]
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The Mysterious Woman in the Octagon
Anyone who knows me is likely aware that I’m fascinated by Cleopatra’s younger sister, Arsinoe (Ahr-sin-oh-WAY). So could there be a better way to start […]