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Venturing Into The Symbolic Landscape Of Robin Hood’s Sherwood Forest — 21 Jan 2022

Venturing Into The Symbolic Landscape Of Robin Hood’s Sherwood Forest

By jim willis

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The site of Sherwood Forest, legendary home of ‘Robin Hood and his Merry Men’ lies a bit more than 240 kilometers (150 miles) west of London. In the 1200s, which is usually considered by many to be the time Robin trod these woods, Sherwood...
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Venturing Into The Symbolic Landscape Of Robin Hood’s Sherwood Forest — 21 Jan 2022

Venturing Into The Symbolic Landscape Of Robin Hood’s Sherwood Forest

By jim willis

History & Tradition

4

The site of Sherwood Forest, legendary home of ‘Robin Hood and his Merry Men’ lies a bit more than 240 kilometers (150 miles) west of London. In the 1200s, which is usually considered by many to be the time Robin trod these woods, Sherwood...
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Spartan women upon handing their sons their shields, instructed them to come home — 19 Jan 2022

Antiquity’s Fierce Child Warriors Who Died For Their Tribes

By ashley cowie

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Standing at the spearhead of many of history's greatest battles were battalions of grotesque weapon wielding, combat-trained children, as ready and willing as their parents to die for their city-states, families and tribes. Modern media generally...
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Spartan women upon handing their sons their shields, instructed them to come home — 19 Jan 2022

Antiquity’s Fierce Child Warriors Who Died For Their Tribes

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Standing at the spearhead of many of history's greatest battles were battalions of grotesque weapon wielding, combat-trained children, as ready and willing as their parents to die for their city-states, families and tribes. Modern media generally...
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Magic Shoes And Boots: The Soles Of Mythology — 07 Jan 2022

Magic Shoes And Boots: The Soles Of Mythology

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Interest in the history and archaeology of ancient footwear began in the 17th century and today the formal study of footwear is called ‘calceology.’ This field of science includes interpreting ancient footwear against social and cultural...
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Magic Shoes And Boots: The Soles Of Mythology — 07 Jan 2022

Magic Shoes And Boots: The Soles Of Mythology

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Interest in the history and archaeology of ancient footwear began in the 17th century and today the formal study of footwear is called ‘calceology.’ This field of science includes interpreting ancient footwear against social and cultural...
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Perchance To Dream: Oneiromancy Ancient History Of Dream Interpretation — 31 Dec 2021

Perchance To Dream: Oneiromancy Ancient History Of Dream Interpretation

By MartiniF

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Dreams and their ancient interpretations are documented in contemporary written sources such as official inscriptions, literature, even special dream books, called oneirocritics, from Mesopotamia and Egypt's early civilizations. They demonstrate...
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Perchance To Dream: Oneiromancy Ancient History Of Dream Interpretation — 31 Dec 2021

Perchance To Dream: Oneiromancy Ancient History Of Dream Interpretation

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Dreams and their ancient interpretations are documented in contemporary written sources such as official inscriptions, literature, even special dream books, called oneirocritics, from Mesopotamia and Egypt's early civilizations. They demonstrate...
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Roger II receives the Royal Crown from the hand of Jesus Christ. Mosaic of the 12th century in S. Maria dell'Ammiraglio (Martorana) in Palermo. (CC BY-SA 4.0) — 29 Dec 2021

King Roger II Of Sicily: Christian Sultan And Half Heathen King

By Dr Marion Dolan

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One of the most successful, but little known kings who reigned during the Middle Ages was Roger II (1095-1154) who controlled the island of Sicily along with Apulia and Calabria in Southern Italy. Historically Sicily had been occupied by Greek...
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Roger II receives the Royal Crown from the hand of Jesus Christ. Mosaic of the 12th century in S. Maria dell'Ammiraglio (Martorana) in Palermo. (CC BY-SA 4.0) — 29 Dec 2021

King Roger II Of Sicily: Christian Sultan And Half Heathen King

By Dr Marion Dolan

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One of the most successful, but little known kings who reigned during the Middle Ages was Roger II (1095-1154) who controlled the island of Sicily along with Apulia and Calabria in Southern Italy. Historically Sicily had been occupied by Greek...
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