• Did We Really Hide Treasures in Caves? | Treasures and literature of caves

    Did We Really Hide Treasures in Caves? | Treasures and literature of caves

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    Hubert Robert, The Mouth of a Cave (1784)The Metropolitan Museum of Art Through darkness, humidity, legend and uneasiness, caves have become a column of humanity’s history and literature. But did they ever really hide treasures, as folklore suggests? Caves: Myth and Shelter In popular folklore, caves were often considered gateways to other worlds: those who…

  • Read Culterate’s Winter Issue (2024)!

    Read Culterate’s Winter Issue (2024)!

    A Note from Culterate’s Editor-in-Chief Childhood. Biggest heartbreak. Medea and Jason. Did Khufu build the Great Pyramid? In this issue, we took a different approach by not being confined to a single theme. Anything that calls to you, write it and share it. These authors have done so brilliantly, as you will soon see within…