The magic of great entertainment partly comes down to its ability to cast a spell, to pull you into its unique universe and let you leave your own world behind.

Early Christian preachers such as the Apostle Paul brought the gospel about Jesus Christ to an empire already crammed full of deities. The citizens of the Roman empire and, within certain limits ...

This is the introduction from noted scholar Hershel Shanks' book (Random House April 1998), an illuminating and readable background summary on the scrolls. Introduction Half a century has now ...

The Karl Bodmer: North American Portraits exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City spotlighted compelling 19th century watercolors of Native Americans.