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  • Kubla Kahn

    Kubla Kahn

    Posted on November 11, 2008 | No Comments
    In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man     Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round : And there were gardens bright with...

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  • Library of Constantinople

    Library of Constantinople

    Posted on October 29, 2008 | No Comments
    The Library of Constantinople, in the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, was the last of the great libraries of the ancient world. Long after the destruction of the library of Alexandria and the other ancient libraries, it preserved the knowledge of the ancient Greeks...

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  • Hollow earth

    Hollow earth

    Posted on September 23, 2008 | No Comments
    One of the things that has intrigued me most throughout my research is the sheer gullibility of the Victorians. It may be a reflection on our lack of innocence or post modern rationalism – but they used to really believe in the most amazing of...

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