Spanish art historian Ricardo Olmos (“Women, Warriors and Wolves”) is a former director of Greek and Etruscan Antiquities at Madrid’s National Archaeological Museum. Since 1987 he has been a professor with the Institute of History at the Spanish National Research Institution. He has published extensively on the religious iconography of the Mediterranean world, specializing in the art of the ancient Iberians.
Rüdiger Heimlich (“Drowning the Past”) is editor of the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, one of Germany’s largest regional newspapers. He writes on the media, politics, science and history, and he has recently helped produce a television documentary about UNESCO’s efforts to preserve Nubian monuments.
Australian freelance writer Tony Perrottet (“Romantic Interlude”) has contributed to The New York Times, Esquire, Outside, Civilization and The Sunday Times, among other publications. Pagan Holiday, the book from which this article is excerpted, is now being made into a documentary. Perrottet is currently working on a book about the ancient Greek Olympic Games.
Spanish art historian Ricardo Olmos (“Women, Warriors and Wolves”) is a former director of Greek and Etruscan Antiquities at Madrid’s National Archaeological Museum. Since 1987 he has been a professor with the Institute of History at the Spanish National Research Institution. He has published extensively on the religious iconography of the Mediterranean world, specializing in the art of the ancient Iberians. Rüdiger Heimlich (“Drowning the Past”) is editor of the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, one of Germany’s largest regional newspapers. He writes on the media, politics, science and history, and he has recently helped produce a television documentary about UNESCO’s efforts […]
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