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The Illuminated Odyssey: Alexander the Great’s Legendary Romance

Greek Reporter 11 Apr 2025
In the centuries that followed, this became the most ... In the mid-14th century, Alexios III Megas Komnenos of Trebizond ordered a manuscript with the Alexander romance to be prepared for his library.
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Delhiwale: Hailey Lane underground

Hindustan Times 11 Apr 2025
This is a centuries-old monument, of an unusual kind. The one that tries to stay secretive ... (HT PHOTO) ... The descending stone edifice, built during the 14th century, is directly juxtaposed with the ascending brick edifices, built during the 20th century.
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Rare Stories About Merlin And King Arthur Digitally Reconstructed From Circa 13th Century Text

IFL Science 11 Apr 2025
"It was first thought to be a 14th century story about Sir Gawain but further examination revealed it to be part of the Old French Vulgate Merlin sequel, a different and extremely significant ...
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Review: Textual Lives of Caste Across the Ages edited by Prathama Banerjee

Hindustan Times 11 Apr 2025
Various ideations in the Upanishads, then, were constructed in the medieval times up to the sixteenth century ... Moroccan Ibn Batuta and Russian Afanasy Nikitin in the 14th and 15th centuries respectively also spoke about caste practices in India.
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Earthquake reveals Myanmar’s hidden monuments

Heritage Daily 10 Apr 2025
The palace likely served the royal city of Ratnapura Ava (meaning “City of Gems”), a former imperial capital of successive Burmese kingdoms from the 14th to 19th centuries.
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Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 at the National Gallery is a remarkable achievement

The Conversation 10 Apr 2025
This altarpiece represents the most popular formula created in early 14th-century Siena ... Such precious materials and meticulous craft testify to the richness of Sienese art during the first half of the 14th century.
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Country diary: Back to meet an old friend – my first thatch | Tom Allan

The Guardian 10 Apr 2025
Dartington, Devon. It’s been 13 years since I was last on the roof of this 14th-century longhouse, and neither of us are as we were ... ....
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The Legacy of Empires: How Cyprus Became a Geopolitical Prize

Greek Reporter 10 Apr 2025
Geography is destiny,” the 14th-century Islamic scholar Ibn Khaldun is believed to have said ... By the 14th century, it was the last significant Latin Christian foothold in the region and ...
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Country diary: Back to meet an old friend – my first thatch

AOL 10 Apr 2025
As I climb the ladder, I can hear the inch of lichen beneath it crunching like dried seaweed ... This is one of the longest thatched roofs in the UK, 115 feet (35 metres) of 14th-century longhouse snaking up a lane between Dartington and Totnes ... .
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Aurangzeb’s tomb row: Maha BJP leaders demand to rename Khuldabad to Ratnapur

The Siasat Daily 10 Apr 2025
We are in the process of renaming all such places,” Shirsat claimed ... Also Read ... Khuldabad, often referred to as the “Valley of Saints,” is home to the dargahs of several revered Sufi saints, including the 14th-century mystic Hazrat Zar Zari Zar Baksh ... .
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China Focus: China's ceramic "DNA lab" cracks Dutch collector's porcelain cold case

China.dot.org 10 Apr 2025
The imperial kilns in Jingdezhen witnessed the pinnacle of global ceramic production from the 14th to 19th centuries -- their wares now gracing the halls of the Palace Museum, the British Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Things to do in Baltimore, April 11-17

Baltimore Sun 10 Apr 2025
Ongoing. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's "The Greatest Show On Earth". Courtesy of Feld Entertainment ... 1629 ... Explore this theme through 20 objects from all over the world and from the 14th to the 21st century.
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China's ceramic "DNA lab" cracks Dutch collector's porcelain cold case

Beijing News 10 Apr 2025
The imperial kilns in Jingdezhen witnessed the pinnacle of global ceramic production from the 14th to 19th centuries -- their wares now gracing the halls of the Palace Museum, the British Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Passover haggadahs have long included pictures of rabbit hunts. This year shows us why.

The American Israelite 10 Apr 2025
By Benjamin Resnick ... For example, the Sarajevo Haggadah — dated to 14th-century Spain, and one of the oldest fully illuminated Haggadot still extant — includes an image of Moses, who is famously not mentioned in the Haggadah’s traditional text ... .
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