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Athelstan: King of Malmesbury and the Forgotten Library
BEFORE THE CANON IV In the centre of Malmesbury, in...
Lake Nemi: The Floating Palaces of Diana’s Mirror
On 15 July 1535, a Bolognese soldier and engineer...
The Ancient Finds of America: Too Deep to Be a Joke
Three men, working three different rigs across three different...
Aether: The 1729 Debate Over What Fills the Heavens
Editorial Note The entry below ran as two installments of...
The Tree That Grew Geese
Every autumn, flocks of a black-and-white goose arrived on the shores of Britain and Ireland. Every spring, they vanished north and were not seen...
Tartaria olim Scythia: What Münster Knew
The river has three names. Ptolemy called it the Rha. The Russians called it the Volga. The Tartars called it Edel. Sebastian Münster knew all three, and he...
When Jesus Walked in Britain
Before the Canon II Between the age of twelve and the age of thirty, the canonical Gospels say nothing about Jesus. A single scene in...
The Cyrus Prophecy
The document names the commander. It names his role. It describes his method of entry. It specifies the mechanism: rivers dried up, bronze gates...
St Benedict of Nursia: The Man Who Wrote the West
The medal fits in a closed fist. On its front, a haloed figure in monastic robes holds a cross in one hand and a...
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