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LES OMBRES DE L’ANTIQUITÉ
Patrocle, mort au combat, apparaît en songe à son (Illiade d'Homère) - Tableau de Jacques GamelinEnfer(s) et damnation ? Presque… Certes, le sort des âmes, selon les Anciens, varie, mais aucun n’est...
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LE PÉRIPLE MYSTIQUE DE BRENDAN
Des moines irlandais prennent la mer au VIe siècle. Destination : le paradis ! Sept ans de navigation les attendent, pendant lesquels ils goûtent aux merveilles de la terre et de l’au-delà.Le Voyage de...
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BASQUE COUNTRY FLAVORS
San Sebastián offers a lively beachfront promenade and a host of serious restaurantsTake a food lover's tour along the byways from Bilbao to San SebastiánThe Basque Country of northern Spain is one of...
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PRE-MARITAL FREEDOM AND CONJUGAL FIDELITY OF PRIMITIVE PEOPLE
Aboriginal Family Group by Johann Joseph Eugen Von Guerard (1811-1901)Travellers and missionaries, seeing things merely from the standpoint of European civilisation,...
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ROBERTO CARLOS
Roberto Carlos Braga nasceu em Cachoeiro do Itapemirim (ES) em 19 de abril de 1941. Filho de um relojoeiro, Robertino, e de uma costureira, Laura, começou a estudar canto aos quatro anos e piano aos...
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ROMAN WEDDING - TO THE GROOM'S HOUSE
THE IDEAL GROOMWhere was the groom during the wedding, and what was he doing? What we know of the groom’s attitude and experience comes largely from epithalamia, and from these we learn that the mien...
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MUSIC IN GREEK LIFE, POETRY AND DRAMA
Music played a very important part in almost every aspect of life for the ancient Greeks. It was heard at their public gatherings and at their private dinner-parties, at their ceremonies, both joyful...
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NAPLES DURING THE MIDDLE AGES
Miguel Hermoso Cuesta’s picture of the Castel Nuovo, where medieval kings lived in the cityIn the 5th century, the Western Roman Empire collapsed and Naples was subject to repeated invasions. [44] The...
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EYEWITNESS TRAVEL - WHERE TO EAT IN BRAZIL
As a melting pot of races and influences, Brazil boasts a rich diversity of regional culinary styles. Although the term “haute cuisine” does not strictly apply to Brazilian fare, the art of eating...
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INCREDIBLE EDIBLES
We’re fairly discriminating about what we eat. A life-preserving defense that has evolved over thousands of years causes us to reject anything that looks, smells, or tastes “off.” But fancy packaging,...
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A PRIMEIRA INDÚSTRIA FRIGORÍFICA DO BRASIL
Imagens das instalações da Companhia Frigorífica e Pastoril em Barretos (Album dos 50 anos da Cia. Paulista)Alguns devem estar se perguntando qual a relação entre o titulo desta postagem com as...
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THE RULES FOR FINDING A GOOD PLACE TO EAT
“I went to a hospital cafeteria the other day and ate a fantastic lunch.”No you didn’t.Hospital cafeterias are not profit centers for hospitals nor significant elements in their overall reputation. No...
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AMULETS AND SUPERSTITIONS - THE CRUCIFIX AND THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.
The cross, as we have seen, was used in private devotions by Christians during the Ist century of our era, and was cut upon the tombs in the IInd and IIIrd centuries, but it did not become a public...
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MÚSICA POPULAR BRASILEIRA NA IGREJA NA DÉCADA DE 1960
Sem haver um novo estilo de música oficial e obrigatório para execução nas missas, alguns religiosos brasileiros, logo após o Concílio Vaticano II, abriram as portas de suas igrejas para a música...
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WHEN BRITONS WERE SLAVES IN AFRICA
A Spanish naval force engages Barbary corsairs, in a contemporary Flemish painting. More than a million Europeans were seized during the north African pirates’ reign of terror.Between the 16th and 18th...
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VICTORIAN MEDICINE
Ask any Victorian doctor and he will tell you, the best way to fend off an illness is to take a healthy dose of mercury, arsenic or wine mixed with Class-A drugs. In the 1800s, the remedies have the...
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CELTS - CULT OF DEATH
Human sacrificeFrom human sacrifice to headhunting, the Celts had a ferocious reputation in the ancient world and a vivid vision of the afterlife.Prior to the coming of the Romans, the Hallstatt and La...
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Uma coisa que aprendemos na luta contra a fome é que não basta aumentar a produção de alimentos: sua qualidade é fundamental se quisermos assegurar um futuro saudável para as pessoas. Não se trata...
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MITO DA "OBESIDADE SAUDÁVEL"
Pesquisa com mais de 90 mil americanas identificou maior risco de doenças cardiovasculares mesmo nas que tinham exames metabólicos ‘normais’.Mais um estudo derruba o mito do “gordinho saudável”. Desta...
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OBESITY ITSELF RAISES RISK OF DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Cleveland Clinic study used data of 880,000+ participants,A Cleveland Clinic genetic analysis has found that obesity itself, not just the adverse health effects associated with it, significantly...
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