Pericles dreamed of creating a Panhellenic city and for this he enlisted some of the best Greek intellectuals of the time. The story begins around 720 B.C. when the Achaeans of Helice and Troezen founded a colony in Magna Graecia, at the western end of the interior of the Gulf of Taranto. They call
The vouge (or voulge, or breaching knife) is a medieval polearm that appeared in Germany and Switzerland at the end of the 13th century. Used by infantry, it is like many polearms derived from an agricultural tool. Description The vouge consists of a wide blade in the shape of a trencher, mounted o
In our shop, we often have customers who want to dress for a medieval market, a medieval wedding, a LARP event or something similar for the first time. We then go on a sort of exploratory tour together:Does the person want to represent a certain epoch, what does they feel comfortable with, what do t
Borobudur Mahayana Buddhist Monastery is located in Magelang town of Central Java Province. This too, like the Parambanan Shiva Temple and the Plaosan Buddhist Monastery, was originally built in the 9th century AD. At the time it was built, it was the largest Buddhist monastery in the world. Its pla