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Travel in ancient times was full of danger as well as exciting adventure

Culture, Geography, History, Travel & Adventure

Imagine yourself a medieval traveler, perhaps-en-route from the Mediterranean to East Asia in search of exotic spices, silks, jewels, and perfumes. On the road, hundreds or thousands of miles from home, you meet your fellow travelers: merchants from the East and the West carrying trade goods, pilgrims on their way to religious shrines, knights in […]

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The Legendary Roman Baths

Culture, History, Leisure

Ancient peoples were just as fond of taking a plunge into water as we are. The Romans were particularly fond of bathing and built many large public pools and baths. These pools and baths were often filled with water of different temperatures, heated either by natural hot springs or by furnaces. The Roman bather would

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Magnificent Greek Funeral objects

Culture, History

In the 400s B.C ., the Greeks had somewhat vague ideas about their immortality, assuming some sort of “shadowy” existence after death. Greek funerals did not involve priests, hymns, or prayers. They emphasized the memory of the deceased. The Greeks erected steles, or stone slabs, to commemorate their dead permanently and publicly. Many steles were

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Excellent quality Justinian Garments

Arts, Beauty & fashion, Culture, History

The establishment of a silk industry in the Byzantine Empire began in the A.D. 500s with a few hardy silkworms, which were smuggled from China into Constantinople at the request of the Byzantine emperor Justinian. The silkworm secretes a silk thread, which it uses to make a cocoon for itself. Thousands of years earlier the

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Every Culture in the world has its own unique blend of spices

Culture, Food & Dining, History

Do you realize that when you eat a bowl of chili, your food is seasoned with the same kinds of spices as the Inca in Peru used hundreds of years ago? Whether you eat at home or you eat in a restaurant (top right), at almost every meal you are enjoying the taste of a

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Thanksgiving Festivals around the world

Culture, Food & Dining

When Americans sit down to Thanksgiving dinner each year, they are participating in a kind of celebration found in almost every society in the world. All peoples find a way to give thanks when they have finished gathering the harvest. The growing season is over, and there is a sense of gratitude that the earth

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Fairy tales are present in virtually every culture in the world

Culture, Literary

Once upon a time . . . ” is a phrase that we all probably recognize from the fairy tales that we heard as children. The stories that we call fairy tales occur in many cultures around the world, and often the same basic tale can be found in several cultures. The Jataka

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A very very old India

Culture, Geography, History

The rich soil of the Indus Valley made productive agriculture possible. Farmers cultivated a variety of crops including wheat, rice, and barley; they also raised chickens, cattle, and buffalo. To irrigate their fields, the farmers created a series of canals and ditches. Trade was also an essential element of life in the Indus Valley.

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Who is the famous Siva?

Culture, History, Religion

Along with Brahma and Vishnu, Siva is one of the three great gods of Hinduism. Siva has many roles but is best known as both the destroyer and restorer of life. Siva is also the lord of the dance and is often shown dancing, as in a bronze statue. The circle of flames surrounding

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Carpets are old as time itself

Arts, Culture, History

People have been weaving rugs for at least 4,000 years. Although they were used first as protection against cold, carpets soon had other purposes as well. They became symbols of wealth and popular items of trade. In Turkey, Persia, and Central Asia, rug weaving became a great art. Many of these carpets remain unsurpassed for

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The Roman Empire was by far the most influential of all time

Culture, Education, Geography, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, Political

The Roman Empire collapsed more than 1,500 years ago, but in many ways it never died. Instead, it continues to influence people throughout the world even today. Take language, for example. The Romans based their alphabet on that of the Etruscans who had borrowed theirs from the Greeks, who had borrowed theirs from the Phoenicians.

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There really is a need for genetic diversity in our world

Culture, Education, Geography, Science

Generating Genetic Diversity is of a great deal of importance to the survival and continuity of Humanity. Paradoxically, the evolutionary process is both revolutionary and conservative. It is revolutionary in that the pace of evolutionary change is quickened by genetic recombination, much of which results from sexual reproduction. It is conservative in that change is

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