Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
Thursday, December 4th, 2008
I have been reading Michael Crichton's novel Congo and have been struck by the sheer magnitude of the size of Africa as a continent and my view of it.Africa is larger than North America and Europe combined, almost twice the size of South America. Ofcourse, the standard world map does ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Some great reviews and lists of good science fiction and fantasy novels
Science Fiction and Fantasy Reading Experience: Best Fantasy Series
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Greek Gods Family Tree
This is a well presented family tree of the various gods in Greek mythology with links to Wikipedia articles on each. A great companion to reading Greek Mythology
(tags: Mythology greek reference gods Tree)
Family tree of the Greek gods - Wikipedia
This is the family tree of Greek god's ...
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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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