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Inside the abandoned island where tourists are BANNED - and the haunted history behind
This Italian island is so disturbing that tourists are actually banned from visiting it. And as it's known as the 'Island of ...
She threw three coins in the Trevi Fountain and immediately met the man she would marry
American Catherine Tondelli won a trip to Rome, Italy in the summer of 1999. On her first night, she threw three coins in the ...
Archaeologists find 14th-century Hebrew tablets in Sant Joan Sescloses chapel steps
Recent excavations at the chapel of Sant Joan Sescloses, located in Vilanova de la Muga (Peralada), uncovered three ancient ...
Jews were barred from Spain’s New World colonies − but that didn’t stop Jewish and converso writers from describing the Americas
Two 16th-century texts about the Americas by Jewish writers reflect the complicated place Jews and ‘conversos’ held in the ...
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The 5,000-Year Secret History of the Watermelon
Italian nobility in the 14th century commissioned lavishly illustrated copies of this text, which was a guide to healthy living based on an 11th century Arabic manuscript. The Tacuinum Sanitatis ...
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Jeff Bezos’s Wedding to Lauren Sánchez: Here’s What You Need to Know
According to The Guardian, the ceremony may take place at San Giorgio Maggiore, a 16th-century basilica designed by Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. The reception was reportedly going to be ...