emsworldhistory

Ancient Irish psalter found preserved in peat bog. No kidding.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5584495

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Brief AP article on 1,500 year old Byyzantine port found near Istanbul.
http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8J1EDB80.html
Longer discussion from Turkish Daily News.
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=46860

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Thinking about possible topics/comfigurations for the NEH website
- ritual in world religions (divide the site into diff. religions and include content on major rituals in each)
- architecture in world religions (get to do pilgrimage churches and romanesque sculpture along with stupas and the gate sculptures)
- History of Religions in India- begin with Indus Valley Civ. [...]

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