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20 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT WINE
1. You may associate ancient wine with the toga-wearing set, but by the time Romans were quaffing it, the beverage was itself ancient: 7,000-year-old pottery from sites in Iran’s Zagros Mountains...
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BREVE HISTORIA DE LA COCINA PERUANA
La presencia de los diversos pisos altitudinales de la cordillera de los Andes en el Perú y su cercanía al ecuador geográfico permite la existencia de una serie de microclimas y de especies, desde...
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ROMAN LAUGHTER IN LATIN AND GREEK
LAUGHING IN LATINThe study of Roman laughter is in some ways an impossible project. That is partly what makes it so intriguing, so special, so enlightening, and so worthwhile. As I hope I have made...
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INVENTIONS - CONCRETE AND CEMENT
Concrete is the most commonly used structural material in modern economies. In ancient times Assyrians and Babylonians used clay as the bonding substance or ‘cement’ in buildings, and the Egyptians...
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ADAM AND EVE
Adam: (/Adam Rishon). Adam is the first human being and an archetype for all humanity. One Kabbalistic teaching reveals that the word ADaM is a mystical abbreviation for the essence of human nature:...
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KABBALAH
Kabbalah: “[Esoteric] Tradition.” “Kabbalah” (sometimes translated as “mysticism” or “occult knowledge”) is a part of Jewish tradition that is preoccupied with “inner” meaning. Whether it entails a...
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CATARINA DE MÉDICIS (1519-1589)
A História acusa Catarina de toda espécie de complôs. A gente a vê velha, com seu rosto duro, apoiada na cadeira real de Carlos IX lhe dando conselhos de traição e de ódio...Mas há uma outra parte...
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UM AMOR DE OUTONO - D.PEDRO II E CONDESSA DE BARRAL
Mal D. Pedro II embarcou para o Brasil, a camaleoa mergulhou fundo na vida parisiense. Ela mesmo ria de sua situação: "Corro como um cachorro magro e nunca dou conta do que tenho a fazer." Os anos que...
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LEGENDS ABOUT THE NILE
The Nile River valley has produced a large number of legends that are held by the peoples living along its banks of as well as many others. Some legends were invented to explain things that were...
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NINETY-FIVE THESES OF MARTIN LUTHER
Author: Martin LutherOriginal date and place of publication: 1517, SwitzerlandLiterary form: Theological tractSUMMARYMartin Luther, a German monk of the Augustinian order, was the founder of the...
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CLASSICAL GREECE - PROSTITUTES AND THE GODS
Women in general appear to have been marginalised in many ancient Greek societies – though this has been exaggerated by many scholars – but even amongst women some groups were more marginalised than...
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DIMENSÕES DA VIDA FAMILIAR DOS IMIGRANTES NO BRASIL
A CASABuscando explorar algumas dimensões da vida familiar, tão valorizada, trato de abordá-la por meio da casa, lidando com tres fatores essenciais da convivência doméstica dos grupos imigrantes: a...
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ADAM AND EVE
To undestand our nature, history and psychology, we must get inside the heads of our hunter-gatherer ancestors. For nearly the entire history of our species, Sapiens lived as foragers. The past 200...
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ORACLES
I. In general. One form of divination consisted of a reply, expressed in various ways and means, by a deity, or at least by a suprahuman interlocutor, to a query put by the believer on personal or...
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EUCHARIST
I. In the Fathers. The Greek term Eucharist, “thanksgiving,” for Christians came to designate the sacred meal (the Lord’s “Supper”), the consecratory blessing, the sacramental elements and finally the...
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PEQUENA COLETÂNEA DE BOBAGENS DOS NOSSOS GRANDES AUTORES
Intelectuais famosos nem sempre são geniais. Cometem besteiras em troca de dinheiro, adotam ideologias da moda que se revelam loucura e escrevem coisas de que depois se arrependem. Erram principalmente...
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CHAMPAGNE AND OTHER SPARKLERS
When extra dry means “not all that dry” All champagne is not Champagne The lowdown on the champagne method Marrying bubblies with food Sparkling wines from $8 to $200+In the universe of wine,...
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SAPPHIC SECTS AND THE RITES OF REVOLUTION (1775-1800)
"Saved during your tender youth from the seductions of men, taste the happiness of finding yourself in the bosom of your kind".—Pidansat de Mairobert, Confession d’une jeune fille (1778)1"This is what...
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SCANDINAVIAN COOKERY
The sea-girt countries at the top of Europe—Norway, Sweden and Denmark—have developed a cuisine which, though rooted in Continental tradition, has flowered in a way uniquely its own. A robust style of...
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THE NEW DIET YOUR GUT WILL LOVE
Turns out a small African tribe have the link between food choices and belly bacteria nailed. Discover easy ways to reap the benefits right here.We’re always hungry for diet inspiration from around the...
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