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Reenactors of Hunnic Warriors of the Steppe — 02 Sep 2016

The Hunnic War Machine: The Push Westward – Part I

By Cam Rea

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The steppe has produced many notable horse archers who brought terror and devastation to the known world during ancient times. But of the many steppe peoples who penetrated the civilized world, none brought more destruction then the Huns.Sometime...
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Reenactors of Hunnic Warriors of the Steppe — 02 Sep 2016

The Hunnic War Machine: The Push Westward – Part I

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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The steppe has produced many notable horse archers who brought terror and devastation to the known world during ancient times. But of the many steppe peoples who penetrated the civilized world, none brought more destruction then the Huns.Sometime...
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Detail of the Wenhaston Doom — 31 Aug 2016

The Wenhaston Doom: A Surprising Medieval Relic, Doomsday Message—and a Reminder of Pre-Christian Traditions

By Charles Christian

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A ‘Doom’ is a remarkable survival of a type of church decoration once common in the Middle Ages but largely destroyed during the iconoclastic excesses of the English Protestant Reformation during the reign of Edward VI (1547-1553) in the...
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Detail of the Wenhaston Doom — 31 Aug 2016

The Wenhaston Doom: A Surprising Medieval Relic, Doomsday Message—and a Reminder of Pre-Christian Traditions

By Charles Christian

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A ‘Doom’ is a remarkable survival of a type of church decoration once common in the Middle Ages but largely destroyed during the iconoclastic excesses of the English Protestant Reformation during the reign of Edward VI (1547-1553) in the...
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Left, Sisters Charlotte and Susan Cushman in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in 1846 (Public Domain); Right, Male Kabuki actor in Japan (CC BY 2.0) — 30 Aug 2016

Ancient History of Cross-Dressing: From Ancient Religions to the Theaters

By MartiniF

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Ephippus, in a surviving fragment of his lost pamphlet depicting the court of Alexander the Great in 324-323 BC, alleges that Alexander liked to cross-dress as the Greek archer-goddess Artemis. Supposedly, Alexander often appeared in public as...
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Left, Sisters Charlotte and Susan Cushman in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in 1846 (Public Domain); Right, Male Kabuki actor in Japan (CC BY 2.0) — 30 Aug 2016

Ancient History of Cross-Dressing: From Ancient Religions to the Theaters

By MartiniF

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Ephippus, in a surviving fragment of his lost pamphlet depicting the court of Alexander the Great in 324-323 BC, alleges that Alexander liked to cross-dress as the Greek archer-goddess Artemis. Supposedly, Alexander often appeared in public as...
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A painting depicting a scene from the Chinese classic, Journey to the West. The painting shows the four heros of the story, left to right: Sun Wukong, Xuanzang, Zhu Wuneng, and Sha Wujing. The painting is a decoration on the Long Corridor in the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. — 26 Aug 2016

The Monk and the Poet: Meet the Rebels behind the Legendary “Journey to the West”

By MartiniF

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Hsi-yu chi, or Journey to the West, is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century, during the Ming Dynasty. The novel adds elements from a bewildering array of Asian cultural lore, as well as from the three major religious traditions of China...
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A painting depicting a scene from the Chinese classic, Journey to the West. The painting shows the four heros of the story, left to right: Sun Wukong, Xuanzang, Zhu Wuneng, and Sha Wujing. The painting is a decoration on the Long Corridor in the Summer Palace in Beijing, China. — 26 Aug 2016

The Monk and the Poet: Meet the Rebels behind the Legendary “Journey to the West”

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Hsi-yu chi, or Journey to the West, is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century, during the Ming Dynasty. The novel adds elements from a bewildering array of Asian cultural lore, as well as from the three major religious traditions of China...
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Deriv; Sunset in Egyptian desert with figure — 23 Aug 2016

Monks, Hermits and Ascetics: The Little-Known History of Women in Desert Asceticism

By MartiniF

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Theodoret of Cyrrhus (423–457) tells us that when little girls played games in forth-century Syria, they played monks and demons. One of the girls, dressed in rags, would reduce her little friends into giggles by exorcising them. This glimpse...
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Deriv; Sunset in Egyptian desert with figure — 23 Aug 2016

Monks, Hermits and Ascetics: The Little-Known History of Women in Desert Asceticism

By MartiniF

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Theodoret of Cyrrhus (423–457) tells us that when little girls played games in forth-century Syria, they played monks and demons. One of the girls, dressed in rags, would reduce her little friends into giggles by exorcising them. This glimpse...
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