When was the Colosseum built?
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Some myths (aka factoids) about the Roman world are so ingrained that I have begun to despair of ever unseating them. Pride of place -- beyond even the dormo...
Spartacus Vengeance: Libertus
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OtherOldHousemate pointed out to me this week that Number One is one of the
two brothers who conspired with Spartacus towards the end of season one,
the ...
555 - Forza Cornwall! A Journey in Two Legs
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Why travel all the way to Italy when you can visit a place much closer by
that is *shaped* like Italy? That is the alluring ruse proposed by this
poster, c...
Murder on the toilet
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An interesting note in Bible History Daily on the toilet's starring role in
the murder of Ehud in Judges 3. Here is the euphemistic King James Bible:
20And...
topping oneself, topping and tailing
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A short post, but this headline (courtesy of this tweeter) is worth
reproducing:
The headline is about an American basketball player, Jeremy Lin, who i...
Hatshepsut in 'The Terrace of the Great God'
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*Death and rebirth in an Egyptian holy place*
The temples and tombs of *Abydos* made the town one of the holiest sites in
the ancient Egyptian world. At...
From the Voyage Vaults, Object No. 30
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Just as I was about to head out the door of the tourist-filled St. George’s
Basilica in the Prague Castle (Pražský hrad), I found myself face to face
with ...
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