Miscellaneous
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The Second Council of Nicaea (787) |
The Significance of Marathon
Battle of Marathon: famous clash between a Persian invasion force and an army of Athenians in 490 BCE. Its signicance is greatly exaggerated. …
The Third Council of Constantinople (680) |
St Nicholas on an icon in the church of St Demetrius, Thessaloniki |
Tibetan Air Burial |
Tibetan Air Burial |
Simonides' epitaph has inspired many later tombstones. This one, from Tobruk, says that the Czechoslovakian soldiers fought and died according to the laws of their fatherland. |
Today's folklore
Sinterklaas arrives in Amsterdam; note that there is no Christian cross on his mitre, but Amsterdam's weapon Returning to the Dutch…
Tongeren, Modern statue of Ambiorix |
Troy, One of Schliemann's pinnacles |
Tus, Statue of Firdausi |
Casper Reuvens in Voorburg |