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3 GENERATIONS: A story of wisdom and magic, and the courage to find it within

THE GOLDEN MIRROR: The story of a princess, a king, and a love that saved their queen

The Ming Dynasty: Architectural & cultural achievements of the famed Chinese empire

The Timurid Renaissance: Art, architecture, and science from the last of the Mongols

Migration of the Monarch Butterfly: Thousands of miles over thousands of years

Doggerland: A Stone Age land in the North Sea where humans lived and hunted

Acadia, Trade Winds, and the Coriolis Effect: Down the rabbit hole asking “Why?”

Nabonidus and Jupiter: The last king of Babylon and the first hints of calculus

The Vindolanda Tablets: Excavations at the edge of the Roman Empire

Arches, Vaults, and Flying Buttresses: A brief look at the engineering of Gothic cathedrals

Handprints on the Wall: Mummies, cave art, and the earliest human children

Christopher Columbus, Eratosthenes, and the circumference of the Earth

A Man and His Dome: A brief look at Filippo Brunelleschi and his enduring legacy

Narmer: Ancient Egypt’s first pharaoh, and the real and imagined symbols of his rule

Sofonisba Anguissola: Her works and inspiration, real and imagined

Medieval knighthood: A brief history, real and imagined

Imagined thoughts of Shah Jahan, longing to be with his wife Mumtaz in the Taj Mahal

Imagined depictions of the lives of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and their 6 daughters

The drama and hope of New Year's Resolutions

"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost: Thoughts from my experience

THE FARMER & THE NUTSHELL: A modern Aesop's Fable

Aesop's Fables: Confusing children for millennia

Learning to see through a camera lens (Day 4): At the park