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Greek monastery manuscripts tell new story of Ottoman rule
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA church bell sounds, the staccato thudding of mallet on plank summons monks to afternoon prayers,...
The Real-Life Lore Behind Dracula in History
SYFY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoEven more than a century after publication, the character of Count Dracula remains one of the most enduring ever created. Much like Dracula himself, the...
Review: Orhan Pamuk's 'Nights of Plague' entangles an epidemic with a (fictional) revolution
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 2012, Orhan Pamuk, Turkey’s only Nobel laureate in literature, opened his Museum of Innocence in a 19th century wooden house in Istanbul. A real museum of imaginary lives, it contains 1,000 ...
‘One of the Most Epic European TV Productions of All Time,’ ‘Rise of the Raven’ Gets First-Look...
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 months agoEuropean giant Beta Film, known for ambitious titles such as “Babylon Berlin” and “The Swarm,” has...
The Secret History of How Coffee Took Over the World
Cheapism via AOL· 2 years agoCan't get going without your morning coffee? The brew has a long, occasionally strange history — at one time, drinking it was even punishable by death.