From Galette des Rois to King Cake: Exploring a shared culinary heritage

King Cake

João Farkas “Amazônia Ocupada”

Amazonia landscape

Transcribing the Founding of New Orleans

Plan de la Ville La Nouvelle Orleans Capitale de la Province de la Louisiane

The Laurel Valley Plantation Photographs of Philip M. Denman

Laurel Valley Plantation

Recent Exhibits

Krewe of Endymion Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans, 2017

The Archaeology of Mardi Gras

Copies, Creativity, and Contagion

Stela19Ceibal

Maya Stelae: An Enduring Record

Full image of the Hereford Mappa Mundi, a map in the round painted on vellum from the 13th/14th century. This map presents biblical, mythological, and geographical information to show the image of Europe, Africa, and Asia from the medieval mindset.

Mapping the Renaissance: Worldmaking in Europe from the 13th to 16th Century

cause : effect . . .

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