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B - 7 : Minaretts and Domes
On our journey along the Anatolian coast, we will not only see many old Byzantine churches. We are going to see many more mosques with...
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Jul 20, 20183 min read


B - 12 : Where is our Alphabet from?
The Phoenicians on the Levante coast did not only give us glass ware, purple dye, olive oil and cedar trees, their most important...
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Jul 15, 20182 min read


B - 16 : Does Google Translate Speak Aramaic?
Was reviewing the Roman recipes i wanted to write about today and suddenly thought why writing about something we could actually prepare...
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Jul 10, 20182 min read


B - 17 : The Institution of Household Slaves
The word “household slave” seems strange to us today but in the Roman Empire it was a well known term. Half of all slaves (2.5m) worked...
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Jul 9, 20182 min read


B - 18 : Unsatisfiable Demand for Slaves
Ever wondered why there are so many black street vendors in Rome selling fake Louis Vitton bags when - according to Italian authorities -...
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Jul 8, 20182 min read


A - 1 : Travelling Like The Royals
Now that our bags are backed, we wondered who actually invented them. Why do we have the urge to bring a lot of stuff with us when we are...
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Jul 27, 20173 min read


A - 2 : How Abayas saved the Perfumes
Every summer, many Arabs from Saudi Arabia and the Golf Countries descend on London to escape the brutal heat of their home countries....
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Jun 30, 20172 min read


A - 4 : Why we get to eat our Pyramid
When having Lebanese mezze with my colleagues in the Marush on Edgware Road one day, I did not occur to me that I would be sitting in...
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Jun 20, 20172 min read
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