The ancient world is blessed by a myriad collection of sports now largely lost to…
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Myths & Legends
The Scholomance: Fabled Romanian School of Black Magic
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriIf you have not heard of the Scholomance, perhaps you should have. Abraham Van Helsing,…
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Many have heard of the tragedy that befell the group of mountaineers who headed up…
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Orichalcum was clearly something valuable. It appears in Plato’s dialogues as a prized substance second…
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Australia’s transformation into a penal colony stemmed from England’s dual motive: ridding itself of perceived…
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When one imagines scary water-dwelling creatures otters don’t tend to be very high on the…
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The Apicius Cookbook, known as the De Re Coquinaria or De Re Culinarian (On the…
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In the early ’70s, Nantucket was home to a dwindling group of skilled artisans known…