Old European culture

Alchemical and rosicrucian compendium, c. 1760... Very very interesting scene...Which proves that (at least some) people in 1760 knew the re...

A lion eating the sun. Detail from the Alchemical and Rosicrucian compendium - c.1760. Credit:  Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library....

Apollo armed with bow and arrows. Why? "I will remember and not be unmindful of Apollo who shoots afar. As he goes through the house of...

Vital to an agrarian community’s survival, threshing floors are agricultural spaces where crops are threshed and winnowed. "...But the ...