In the Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare was a social critic and travel writer.  The location is certain.  The play is set in the present, the 16th century.  It was written and performed in the...

Just a few bends further in the road north, or two more train stops from the popular Ligurian coast cities of Portofino and San Margarita, is the historic power-port city of Genoa.  Often by-passed by...

The Pantheon is literally the place of everything divine.  The large cement dome and massive entry columns are recognizable, even to those who have never been to Rome.  The monument sits out of proportion to...

The Shroud of Turin is either a relic of Jesus, created from his burial shroud at the electro-magnifying moment that he rose, or it is a 12th or 13th century fiction.  Scientists agree that this...