Food for the Soul: Adoration of the Shepherds
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Food for the Soul: Adoration of the Shepherds

ByNina Heyn

By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout In Christian iconography, the joy of the birth of Jesus is often celebrated in a theme of “Journey of the Magi” but also as “Adoration of the Shepherds.” While the “Magi” images allowed artists and their affluent patrons to show off the splendor of decoration, using gold-ground or…

Food for the Soul: Global Trade Part V – Europe
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Food for the Soul: Global Trade Part V – Europe

ByNina Heyn

By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout Even before Roman soldiers started building and then marching on the roads of the empire, expanding the imperial trade across all the outposts, there were well-worn trading paths that led to Rome. Etruscans, who preceded the Romans on the Italian peninsula, had been trading extensively with northern lands….