Whenever thou art tempted, know that a crown is being prepared. -St. Ambrose

Gian Lorenzo Bernini - The Vision of Costantine I (1669)

details of the Palace of Versailles

If this isn't organic architecture, I don't know what is.

Frederic Leighton

How the people who want to send brave, strong young men into a meat grinder look:

This is your reminder that Sam Adams ran an estimated 25 pseudonyms at once in the early 1770s in the Boston Gazette

The color of high homicide rate cities like Milwaukee, St. Louis, Baltimore, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and DC is less red or blue than it is black.

Bust of Charlemagne (1379 CE) : Charlemagne; Holy Roman Emperor - (800-814 CE), he is regarded as the “Father of Europe”. Aachen Cathedral Treasury #archaeohistories

Bronze statue of Roman Emperor Hadrian (117-138 CE), found at Camp of 6th Roman Legion in Tel Shalem, Israel. Statue of Hadrian, apparently used for ritual worship of emperor, was discovered in a camp of Roman army. Israel Museum, Jerusalem #archaeohistories

Derveni Krater (4th Century BC), discovered in 1962 in a tomb at Derveni, Greece. Large metalwork vessels are extremely rare survivals in ancient Greek art and Derveni Krater is outstanding survival from Hellenistic art. Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki #archaeohistories

Ruins of Roman amphitheater of Catania, Sicily, Italy. It was built in 2nd Century CE (Roman Imperial Era), on northern edge of ancient city, close to Montevergine hill which housed main nucleus of town. Now part of historic center of city, was once used as a necropolis.

"The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." -Alexander Hamilton