Aeneas’ Quest

Series of very well-made videos showing aspects of Byzantine history through manuscript illustrations, with Byzantine folk music as background. ... More

All over Europe, there seems to be a trend toward the revitalization of ancient, local languages or dialects, most of which were replaced over the centuries by what became national languages. The case is especially striking in France, where, for most of the 20th century, pupils and students could ... More

For many years now, black silhouettes have been seen roaming about European cities. The gothic/metal movement raises many questions. In this article (in French), sociologist Nicolas Walzer analyses this subculture and places it in the perspective of the downfall of traditional religion in Western ... More

Minos was not Greek. Rather, the historical Minoans discovered barely a hundred years ago by Sir John Evans were certainly not Greek, but–linguistically and ethnically–related to the Near East. But for all that we know of Minoan civilization, i.e. not much, they have always been an ... More

The art that developped in the Eastern Roman Empire, also known quite incorrectly as Byzantine Empire, took on artistic forms far different from those that would later arise in the West. If not all of its artistic production was religious, this nonetheless represents the most important Byzantine ... More