Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is a rich cultural celebration with origins in ancient pagan rituals, now thriving in New Orleans ...
Mardi Gras weekend is finally here, and there are dozens of Carnival parades rolling across New Orleans. Below you can find ...
The Krewe of Dionysus follows the Krewe of Selene parade route. It starts at Spartan Drive and Highway 11, proceeding along ...
Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder side of the ancient Romans. An extremely rare ...
Fausto Puglisi took the color palette of Pompeii as his theme, with models dressed in dark red devore velvet and gold ...
The extraordinary images that emerged from ash show Dionysian followers dancing and hunting, which are akin to frescoes of the nearby Villa of the Mysteries that were found 100 years ago.
The narrative draws from the ancient Greek play The Bacchae, written by Euripides in 405 BCE, wherein Dionysus descends on ...
Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into ...
An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 70, officials ...
What movies of the past year challenged your assumptions and made you think about things in new ways? Josh and guest co-host ...
An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 79, officials ...
Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered breathtaking frescoes from the 40-30s BC, depicting the Greek god Dionysus and his ...