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A Sea of (Olive) Oil
Soul + Body
Good Food

A Sea of (Olive) Oil

Culture, physical culture and cults of worship have all flowed to us on a golden wave of olive oil.
Łukasz Modelski
The Heart of the Flame
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Experiences

The Heart of the Flame

In Persia, turquoise symbolized water and victory, in Mesoamerica, creative power. The Egyptians called it the word "mefkat," which meant joy and delight. That's an apt expression - its luminous color evokes exactly such feelings.
Tomasz Wichrowski
Who Meows at Whom
World + People
Dreams and Visions

Who Meows at Whom

From Satan's spawn to a beloved pet overlord—the change that has taken place in the way we perceive cats has more to do with us than with them.
Renata Lis
The Entangled Stories of the Baltic States
World + People
Science

The Entangled Stories of the Baltic States

Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians have inhabited the region for centuries—sometimes under the same rulers, but always with individual identities.
Jakub Niedźwiedź
29th March 1857
World + People
Science

29th March 1857

On this day in 1857, a young Indian soldier in an infantry regiment of the British East India Company decided to take a stand against his British masters. His actions kickstarted a major rebellion.
Adam Węgłowski
Przekrój: Our History At a Glance
World + People
Dreams and Visions

Przekrój: Our History At a Glance

Przekrój is the oldest Polish magazine about culture and society—operating since 1945 and valued by millions of readers. At its height, weekly circulation reached 700,000 copies.
Centuries of Milk
Soul + Body
Good Food

Centuries of Milk

From cosmogonic myths to medieval cooking books, butter, cheese, and milk have played an important role in the everyday lives of humans across the globe.
Łukasz Modelski
Sacred Returns
World + People
Dreams and Visions

Sacred Returns

Scholar of religion Mircea Eliade observed that myths help similar customs and behaviors to develop in both religious and secularized societies.
Tomasz Wiśniewski
The Goatherd and the Cave
World + People
Science

The Goatherd and the Cave

In 1947, a trio of Bedouin shepherds came across a remarkable find near the Qumrān ruins in Palestine—or so the sensational story goes.
Aleksandra Woźniak-Marchewka
Beware of Antiquity
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Experiences

Beware of Antiquity

The capital of North Macedonia was reconstructed as an ancient city in the 21st century—an expensive project that was backwards looking and ignored its inhabitants’ needs.
Stach Szabłowski