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Memories Of An Ancient Goddess At Sintra’s Mountain Of The Moon — 01 Mar 2022

Memories Of An Ancient Goddess At Sintra’s Mountain Of The Moon

By elyn aviva

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Nothing about magical and mysterious Sintra is straightforward, including its name. Sintra can refer to a small town in western Portugal, a short distance north and west of Lisbon, or the large and populous municipality that surrounds it, or...
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Memories Of An Ancient Goddess At Sintra’s Mountain Of The Moon — 01 Mar 2022

Memories Of An Ancient Goddess At Sintra’s Mountain Of The Moon

By elyn aviva

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Nothing about magical and mysterious Sintra is straightforward, including its name. Sintra can refer to a small town in western Portugal, a short distance north and west of Lisbon, or the large and populous municipality that surrounds it, or...
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Napoleon Crossing the Alps. Oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, (1801 and 1805). Unteres Belvedere (Public Domain) and Tipu Sultan, known as the Tiger of Mysore, firing at his adversaries during the siege of Seringapatam, (1791). (Public Domain); Deriv. Design by Anand N. Balaji — 23 Feb 2022

Ingress Into Egypt: Napoleon, Tipu Sultan And Their Battles To End The ‘Iron Yoke’ Of England

By anand balaji

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Once celebrated as ‘the temple of the whole world’, Egypt was the repository of infinite knowledge in myriad disciplines that marked the apogee of humankind’s accomplishments over millennia. Like a beacon, the northern African nation...
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Napoleon Crossing the Alps. Oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, (1801 and 1805). Unteres Belvedere (Public Domain) and Tipu Sultan, known as the Tiger of Mysore, firing at his adversaries during the siege of Seringapatam, (1791). (Public Domain); Deriv. Design by Anand N. Balaji — 23 Feb 2022

Ingress Into Egypt: Napoleon, Tipu Sultan And Their Battles To End The ‘Iron Yoke’ Of England

By anand balaji

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Once celebrated as ‘the temple of the whole world’, Egypt was the repository of infinite knowledge in myriad disciplines that marked the apogee of humankind’s accomplishments over millennia. Like a beacon, the northern African nation...
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Mystery Mines That Enriched The Old World — 21 Feb 2022

Mystery Mines That Enriched The Old World

By ashley cowie

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About 2.6 million years ago, predating Homo Sapiens, early human ancestors founded mining when they dug for stones that were best suited for making survival tools and weapons. They knew that stones on the surface were generally weathered and...
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Mystery Mines That Enriched The Old World — 21 Feb 2022

Mystery Mines That Enriched The Old World

By ashley cowie

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About 2.6 million years ago, predating Homo Sapiens, early human ancestors founded mining when they dug for stones that were best suited for making survival tools and weapons. They knew that stones on the surface were generally weathered and...
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Self-Mummified body of Body of Chukai (Image: © Dr Ken Jeremiah) — 18 Feb 2022

Sokushinbutsu: Tales Of Living Buddhas’ Self Mummification

By Ken Jeremiah

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Immuring themselves in an underground stone chamber, sealed tight, waiting to die: that is what more than 24 known individuals did in northern Japan from the 1200s until the 19th century, though it may have been done before that timeframe and even...
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Self-Mummified body of Body of Chukai (Image: © Dr Ken Jeremiah) — 18 Feb 2022

Sokushinbutsu: Tales Of Living Buddhas’ Self Mummification

By Ken Jeremiah

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Immuring themselves in an underground stone chamber, sealed tight, waiting to die: that is what more than 24 known individuals did in northern Japan from the 1200s until the 19th century, though it may have been done before that timeframe and even...
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The Romance of Hurrem, The Slave Empress And Suleiman The Magnificent — 14 Feb 2022

The Romance of Hurrem, The Slave Empress And Suleiman The Magnificent

By Dr Marion Dolan

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During the 16th century a Christian slave, captured when only 15-years-old, shattered the traditional rules of the Ottoman Empire and through her intelligence and charm became its first Empress, Hurrem Sultan. Known throughout history in both the...
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The Romance of Hurrem, The Slave Empress And Suleiman The Magnificent — 14 Feb 2022

The Romance of Hurrem, The Slave Empress And Suleiman The Magnificent

By Dr Marion Dolan

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During the 16th century a Christian slave, captured when only 15-years-old, shattered the traditional rules of the Ottoman Empire and through her intelligence and charm became its first Empress, Hurrem Sultan. Known throughout history in both the...
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