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21 08, 2017

History of Easter – Christian holidays

By |2019-04-05T06:43:53-07:00August 21st, 2017|Religion, West Asia|Comments Off on History of Easter – Christian holidays

Wheat and barley on the Warka Vase (Sumeria, ca. 3200-3000 BC) Why celebrate spring? When people moved out of Africa further north to West Asia and then to Europe, about 60,000 BC, they began to [...]

30 07, 2017

Parts of a Church – Architecture

By |2019-04-03T17:48:14-07:00July 30th, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|Comments Off on Parts of a Church – Architecture

Notre Dame of Paris (1160s AD) The shape of a cross Medieval architects designed most Romanesque and Gothic churches starting with the design of a Roman basilica. But many churches added a part coming out [...]

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