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Shoulders of Giants

Learning from the wisdom of the ages

Category: The Trojan War

Centuries of Darkness

Book review: Centuries of Darkness

Posted on April 15, 2020April 19, 2020 by Chris

Centuries of Darkness makes a powerful case for over-turning the traditional chronology of the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean and Middle East, and the subsequent assumed Greek and other Dark Ages.

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The surprising parallels between the Gallipoli campaign and the Trojan War

Posted on April 13, 2020April 26, 2020 by Chris

Gallipoli and Troy are separated by about three thousand years of history, one shrouded in ancient myth and the other looming all too real in the history of the 20th century. But there are a number of striking parallels between the history of the two sites.

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The header image shows the library of Celsus, in the remains of ancient Ephesus in modern-day Turkey.

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