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Athelstan: King of Malmesbury and the Forgotten Library

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BEFORE THE CANON IV In the centre of Malmesbury, in...

Lake Nemi: The Floating Palaces of Diana’s Mirror

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On 15 July 1535, a Bolognese soldier and engineer...

The Ancient Finds of America: Too Deep to Be a Joke

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Three men, working three different rigs across three different...

Aether: The 1729 Debate Over What Fills the Heavens

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Editorial Note The entry below ran as two installments of...

Krampus Origin: The Story Behind His Bag of Children

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In the Alpine regions of Austria, Bavaria, and South Tyrol, the early days of December were never gentle. As the long nights settled in...

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Gladiators are Fiction: Colosseums are Enormous Power Plants (Part 1)

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Is it possible that, at some point in the...

The Ingenious Creator of the Hereford Mappa Mundi

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The Hereford Mappa Mundi is one of the most...

Airship NORGE: The First to Conquer the North Pole

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The Garden of Eden: A Paradise Lost

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At the top center of the Hereford Mappa Mundi...
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