Used heavily in early medicine and at times for opposing aims, the pomegranate shows a marked versatility in its cultural connotations and connections.

From Caesar’s Commentaries to the modernism of Le Corbusier, the port city of Marseille has preserved a sense of individuality and industry.

The Roman sewer, the Cloaca Maxima, was presided over by a goddess whose shrine stood near the Forum.

The lethal combination of chemistry and warfare has a long history.