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1. index of places |
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| Aigeai, (Aegea, Aegeae or Aigai, today Ayas, Turkey), ancient Greek city in southern Anatolia |
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photo of ancient Aigeaian coin |
Aesclepieion (Asclepion, Asklepion) ancient healing centre,
Pergamon (Bergama), Turkey |
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info and photo |
| Athens, capital city of Greece |
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info photo galleries |
Avebury, Wiltshire, England
Avebury Henge and other neolithic monuments |
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| Bali, Indonesia |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
| Bergama (Pergamon), Turkey |
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| Constantinople (former name of Istanbul), see Istanbul below |
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| Dodecanese islands, Greece |
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| Earth, Guide to Planet Earth |
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info articles and essays |
Ephesus, near Selçuk, Turkey
archaeological site of the ancient Greek city |
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| France |
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| Greece, Hellenic Republic, Hellas |
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info map photo galleries |
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Istanbul, Turkey
Formerly known as Byzantium, Nea Roma (New Rome), Constantinople (Konstantinoupolis) |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essays:
Istanbul essentials - Part 1
Istanbul essentials - Part 2
Istanbul essentials - Part 3 |
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| Kalambaka,Thessaly, Greece |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
| Karlovassi, beach resort, Samos island, Northern Aegean, Greece |
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info photos |
Kastellorizo island, Dodecanese, Greece
(also known as Kastelorizo, Castellorizo, Castelorizo, Megisti, Meis) |
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info photos maps |
| Kavala, Macedonia, Greece |
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| Korea, North Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) |
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blog article by Edwin Drood |
| Kuşadası (Kusadasi), Turkey |
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| Kokkari, Samos island, Northern Aegean, Greece |
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| Lampsakos, (Λάμψακος, Lampsacus, today Lapseki, Turkey), ancient Greek city in northwestern Anatolia |
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photo of Lampsakian coin |
| Leontini, ancient Greek city in Siciiy (today Lentini) |
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photo of Leontinian coin |
| Liverpool, England |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
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| Macedonia, Greece |
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Megisti, Dodecanese, Greece
(also known as Kastellorizo,
Kastelorizo, Castellorizo, Castelorizo, Meis) |
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info photos maps |
| Meteora,Thessaly, Greece |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
| Middle East (also known as Mid East, Near East) |
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| Neukölln (Neukoelln), district of Berlin, Germany |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
| New York, Manhattan, New York city, USA |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
| Northern Aegean islands, Greece |
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Paleopolis Archaeological Museum, Samothraki island,
Northern Aegean, Greece |
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| Paris, France |
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| Patmos, Dodecanese, Greece |
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| Pella, Macedonia, Greece |
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| Pergamon, Turkey (modern name Bergama) |
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info gallery 1 gallery 2 |
Pithagorio (Pythagorio), Samos island, Northern Aegean, Greece
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| Planet Earth |
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Guide to Planet Earth |
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| Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothraki, Greece |
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| Samos island, Northern Aegean, Greece |
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| Samothraki (Samothrace, Samothrake), Northern Aegean island, Greece |
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Selçuk (Selcuk), Turkey, including Selçuk Archaeological Museum
See also nearby Ephesus (Efes) |
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Silbury Hill, near Avebury Wiltshire, England
largest prehistoric man-made mound in Europe |
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| Stoupa, seaside village near Kalamata, Peloponnese, Greece |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
| Syracuse, ancient Greek city in Siciiy |
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photo of Syracusan coin |
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| Turkey |
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Vathi, or Samos,
main town of Samos island, Northern Aegean, Greece |
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| Veria (also known as Véroia, Beroea, Berea), Macedonia, Greece |
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2. index of people |
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My Favourite Planet now has a PEOPLE section featuring biographical profiles
of people mentioned in the articles and galleries on this website. |
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| Achladiotou, Despina, "the Lady of Ro", Dodecanese, Greece |
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info and photo of statue |
| Alexander the Great, Alexandros III, king of Macedonia (356-323 BC) |
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info and images
coinage |
| And, Metin (1927-2008), Turkish author on theatre, dance, miniature painting, ritual and dance. |
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info, references, links |
Artemis, Greek goddess;
Temple of Artemis (Artemesion), Ephesus / Selcuk, Turkey |
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Atatürk (Mustafa Kemal Pasha, 1881-1938),
founder of the modern Turkish state |
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Attalus I (Grrek, Ἄτταλος, Attalos, Attalos Soter, 241-197 BC),
first king of Pergamon (Bergama, Turkey) |
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| Audsley, William James (1833-1907) and George Ashdown (1838-1925), Scottish architects |
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| Beulé, Charles Ernest (1826-1874), French archaeologist, author and politician. Discoverer of the Beulé Gate to the Athens Acropolis. |
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info and portrait |
| Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, English engineer (1806-1859) |
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Cheshire Cat Blog article |
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| Cockerell, Charles Robert (1788–1863), English architect, archaeologist and traveller |
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Cheshire Cat Blog article |
Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (circa 272 - 337 AD),
also known as Saint Constantine, Agios Konstantinos |
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| Darius the Great, Persian emperor (550-486 BC). |
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info, photo of Daric coin |
| Disraeli, Benjamin (1804-1881), British Conservative politician |
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Drood, Edwin (the Mysterious Edwin Drood),
My Favourite Planet Blog author |
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Edwin Drood's Column |
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| Emin, Tracey, British artist |
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| Featherstone, Hugh, musician |
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| Foster, John Junior (1786-1846), English architect |
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| Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790), American scientist, statesman, printer |
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| Friedrich III of Prussia, Kaiser, (1831-1888) "the 99-day emperor" |
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photo of equestrian statue |
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| Saint George (icon of George and the dragon, Kastellorizo, Greece) |
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| Gladstone, William (1809–1898), British Liberal politician |
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photo and info |
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| The Hays of Liverpool, 19th century family of Scottish architects |
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photos and info |
| Heine, Christian Johann Heinrich (1797–1856), German poet, playwright, journalist, essayist and literary critic |
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| Saint Helen (circa 246/50 – 18 August 330 AD), also known as Saint Helen, Agia Eleni; mother of Roman emperor Constantine the Great |
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info and photo of icon |
| Holland, Dr Henry (1788-1873), English physician, writer and traveller |
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Cheshire Cat Blog article |
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Saint John the Evangelist, apostle, disciple of Jesus, Bishop of Ephesus
(Basilica of Saint John, Ephesus / Selcuk, Turkey) |
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Saint John the Theologian, author of the Book of Revelation
(Monastery of St. John and Cave of the Apocalypse, Patmos, Greece) |
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| Kim Jong-Il, leader of North Korea
(Democratic People's Republic of Korea) |
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blog article by Edwin Drood |
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| Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de (1790-1869), French politician, traveller, writer and poet. |
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portrait, info, quotes |
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Lancaster, Sir Osbert CBE (1908-1986), English cartoonist, stage designer, architectural historian, art critic, travel writer |
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Cheshire Cat Blog article |
| Lear, Edward (1812–1888) English artist, writer, poet and traveller |
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Illustrated poem by Lear
Cheshire Cat Blog article |
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| Saint Margaret of Antioch (3rd century AD), also known as Margaret the Virgin, or Agia Marina in the Eastern Orthodox church |
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photo and info |
| Mehmet Ali (1769-1849), Pasha of Egypt, native of Kavala, Greece |
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| Molière, J.B. Poquelin de (1622-1673), French playwright |
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Saint Nicholas (also known as Agios Nikolaos, Saint Nicholas of Myra,
Sankt Nikolas, Santa Claus) |
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| Öküz Kara Mehmed Pasha (died 1619), 17th century Ottoman Grand Vizier and Governor of Aydin province, Turkey (including Kuşadası) |
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| Saint Paul the apostle |
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| Preston, Edward Carter (1885–1965), English sculptor |
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| Philip II (Philip the Great, 382-336 BC), king of Macedonia |
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| Procopius of Caesarea (500 – circa 565 AD), Byzantine historian |
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| Rushton, Edward (1756-1814) blind human rights and anti-slavery campaigner, poet, Liverpool |
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| Suleyman the Magnificent (1494-1566), Sultan of Turkey |
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| Valéry, Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules (1871-1945), French poet, essayist and philosopher |
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blog article by Edwin Drood |
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| Wordsworth, William (1770 - 1850), English romantic poet |
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poem and portrait |
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| Xenophon (circa 430 - 354 BC), Greek historian, philosopher and soldier |
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in Pergamon his sons |
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3. general index |
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| A |
| Acropolis, Athens, Greece |
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Acropolis photo gallery |
Artemis, Greek goddess;
Temple of Artemis (Artemesion), Ephesus / Selcuk, Turkey |
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info photos |
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| Balinese temples, Indonesia (Cheshire Cat Blog) |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
| Balkan Wars, 1912-1913 |
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| Bebelplatz, Berlin, site of the 1933 Nazi book burning |
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blog article by Edwin Drood |
| Blogs, My Favourite Planet Blogs |
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| Bode Museum (Bodenmuseum), Berlin, Germany |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
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| Canadian Royal Mint, Ottowa, Canada |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
| Cat's Eye planetary nebula (NGC 6543) |
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info and photo |
| Cheshire Cat Blog weekly blog at My Favourite Planet |
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blog index |
Choklakia mosaics,
traditional mosaic art of the Dodecanese islands, Greece |
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info and photos |
| Coins and coinage |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
| Corporal punishment, thoughts on the subject |
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blog article by Edwin Drood |
| Cuneiform script on anciet documents. |
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Cheshire Cat Blog article |
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| Earth 2.0 ("Earth two point oh"), major update for Planet Earth |
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review article |
| Edwin Drood's Column weekly blog at My Favourite Planet |
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blog index |
| Eiffel Tower, Paris |
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| Elgin Marbles - the restoration of artefacts in foreign collections |
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blog article by Edwin Drood |
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| Fortunate Isle, Afortunada, fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean |
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Cheshire Cat Blog |
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| Goldilocks Universe, the popular multi-verse cosmological model |
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blog article by Edwin Drood |
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| Hittites - "Kadesh Treaty", the earliest known peace treaty ca. 1259 BC |
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Cheshire Cat Blog article |
| Hungerford Bridge and Charing Cross railway bridge over the River Thames, London, England |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
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| Köçek (Kochek), Turkish dance tradition, male dancers in skirts |
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Cheshire Cat video and photos |
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| London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, the tallest Ferris Wheel in Europe |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
| Lycian rock-cut tomb, Kastellorizo (Megisti), Dodecanese, Greece |
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info and photos |
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| Marine mammals |
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blog article by Edwin Drood |
Megaliths, large standing stones at Avebury, Wiltshire, England
Avebury Henge and other neolithic monuments |
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| Modernity, thoughts on the concept |
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blog article by Edwin Drood |
| Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul (Eski Şark Eserli Müzesi). |
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Cheshire Cat Blog article |
| My Favourite Planet, the song by Hugh Featherstone which inspired the name of this website |
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info hear the song |
| Mumbo jumbo, gobbledegook explained |
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blog article by Edwin Drood |
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| Nuclear industry, the future of |
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blog article by Edwin Drood |
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| Owl Telescope |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essays |
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| Parus major great tit (bird) |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
| Peace treaty the oldest known parity peace treaty getween the anciet Egyptians and Hittites, circa 1259 BC |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
| Pompidou Centre, Paris |
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| Religion in Liverpool, Roman Catholic, Anglican, Anglo-Catholic, Greek Orthodox; churches, cathedrals; Jewish synagogue; history, architecture, art |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
| Roma (Romany people, Gypsies) in Sulukule, Istanbul, Turkey |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
| Rue Bunte arts venue, Neukoelln, Berlin, Germany |
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| School for the Indigent Blind, Liverpool (1791-1927) and Saint Mary's Church, world's first school for the blind |
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images and info |
| SETI Institute, the search for extra-terrestrial life |
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blog article by Edwin Drood |
| Shakespeare and Company bookstore, Paris |
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| Shekel, ancient Semitic measure and coinage |
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info and photo |
| Short guide to small planet for smallest person by Edwin Drood |
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Planet Earth article |
| Snowstorm blues, song by Deaf Pomegranate Washington |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
| Solidarity, thoughts on the concept |
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blog article by Edwin Drood |
| Squirrels, fluffy-tailed rodents |
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| Suicide |
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blog article by Edwin Drood |
| Summer, the elusive season |
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Desperately seeking summer 1
Desperately seeking summer 2 |
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| Vampires and vampirisim in the media |
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blog article by Edwin Drood |
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| Winter wonderlands, winter landscape photos |
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Cheshire Cat Blog photo essay |
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