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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
109 Reconstruction of Herodotus World Map (ca. 450 B.C.)
This is a simple representation of how Herodotus probably saw the world
(tags: Maps, history, herodotus, ancient maps)
109A Reconstruction of Herodotus World Map (ca. 450 B.C.)
All tribes mentioned by Herodotus on a simple map
(tags: Maps, Ancient Herodotus, history)
109B Reconstruction of Herodotus World Map ...
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
I have been thinking about reading the ancient epic of Gilgamesh for a while and on a recent visit to the library I picked up Steven Mitchell's translation "Gilgamesh".
"The Epic of Gilgamesh" (Wikipedia Link) is an ancient Babylonian poem written about Gilgamesh who was a Sumerian king in the city ...
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Thursday, February 1st, 2007
One fine morning, I woke up to remember those days when at every given opportunity, I used to demand an Archies comic (on occasions like going for shopping with mummy or getting a good rank in class or my birthday or because my brother got his favourite Chacha Chaudhry)…and I ...
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Thursday, November 10th, 2005
Great read.
After reading a few of his books you realize a definite pattern to Dan Brown's writing. A lot of well done research and interesting facts are put together in a gripping thriller with a lot of twists. Angels and Demons is another installment of the same recipe.
In this, somewhat ...
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Thursday, November 10th, 2005
The World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions by Huston Smith
When looking for an introductory book that would cover a broad spectrum of religions, I was apprehensive of buying one that was either so detailed as to be boring or so superficial as to not serve my ...
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