Name: Poblamiento del Continente Americano
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In modern retellings of the Arthurian legends, the wizard Merlin is usually portrayed as a wise mentor and omniscient greybeard, but in the "Life of Merlin", written by Geoffrey of Monmouth around 1150, the most legendary wizard of all times and peoples a

In modern retellings of the Arthurian legends, the wizard Merlin is usually portrayed as a wise mentor and omniscient greybeard, but in the "Life of Merlin", written by Geoffrey of Monmouth around 1150, the most legendary wizard of all times and peoples appears as a madman, an eccentric

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Watching "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power", I greatly regret that Terence Hanbury White's tetralogy "The Once and Future King" never won similar popularity

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An old edition of “Faust” with engravings by Jean-Paul Laurens and the poodle of Mephistopheles

I like to recall how, as a child, I pored over an old edition of "Faust", dated no later than 1890, with engravings by Jean-Paul Laurens, and, knowing no French, invented the stories that lay behind the illustrations. The monster alone is worth the price of admission:

Black-and-white photo of a moustached man in a tweed jacket holding a pipe at a desk with an open book and a lamp.

Books

William Faulkner on love and books in the novel “Light in August”

Perhaps they are right to put love in books. Perhaps that is the only place for it. William Faulkner, "Light in August"

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Viktor Vasnetsov, After Igor Svyatoslavich's Battle with the Polovtsians

Vasnetsov knew "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" by heart and often recited it. The first version of Vasnetsov's famous "Battle" is in the collection of the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum-Reserve.

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Camilla Parker Bowles's book blog is renamed The Royal Reading Room

Camilla's book blog, formerly the Duchess of Cornwall Reading Room, now goes by a far shorter name: The Royal Reading Room. The name of the website has also been promptly changed

Books · London · Monarchies · Mores · Nature · Ethnography

The Royal Bees at Clarence House and Buckingham Palace Were Informed of the Death of Queen Elizabeth II, Their Former Mistress, and That Their New Master Is King Charles III

I wrote in my book about the tradition of telling the bees important family news and notifying them of deaths. The English have long shared their joys and sorrows with their bees, and at moments of family bereavement the hives, too, are dressed in mourning. If the little bee houses

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A Very Touching Recollection of a Meeting with the Queen, from the Book by the Surgeon David Nott

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The Tetramorph in the Song “Gorod zolotoy” and in Jacobello Alberegno’s Polyptych

"There a fire-maned lion shall meet you, and a blue ox, full of eyes; with them the golden eagle of the heavens, whose gaze is so bright, so unforgettable" The words of "The Golden City" ("Gorod zolotoy"), the song by Anri Volokhonsky performed

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Sisyphus's To-Do List

Sisyphus's To-Do List. From The New Yorker

Detail of a medieval manuscript: a saint's face drawn in thin outline, with a red halo, large eyes and red patches on the cheeks.

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Saint Matthew writing his Gospel in a drawing from the late 9th or early 10th century

Mood: Saint Matthew writing his Gospel. Drawing, late 9th to early 10th century

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