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History buff uncovers lost medieval monastery thanks to strange map symbol
Swedish archaeologists uncovered medieval monastery ruins in Derome, thanks to a history enthusiast's research of old maps ...
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Clinging to a Greek cliff, this monastery welcomes people from around the world. No women allowed
MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls ...
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Medieval ‘Creation’ exhibit leans into museum-university collaboration between Case, CMA
A joint program co-curated by Case Western Reserve University distinguished professor of humanities and medieval art history Elina Gertsman and CMA’s curator of medieval art Gerhard Lutz, ...
The Nassau Guardian19d
Clinging to a Greek cliff, this monastery welcomes people from around the world. No women allowed
MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls enclose ...
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On Greece's Mount Athos, a cliffside monastery transcends country-based branches of Orthodoxy
Simonos Petra, a monastery on Mount Athos, embraces monks from diverse backgrounds, transcending national boundaries within the Orthodox Christian faith. This ecumenical spirit, rooted in the ...
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Clinging to a Greek cliff, this monastery welcomes people from around the world — as long as they’re men
(AP video by Srdjan Nedeljkovic. Drone shots by Thanassis Stavrakis. Production by Costas Kantouris and Theodora Tongas) The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the ...