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Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden is the biblical earthly paradise created by God to be inhabited by his first human creation - Adam and Eve. Some claim that the name “Eden” derives from the Akkadian term edinu, which means 'plain'. In the biblical...
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Kitchen Garden with Trees in Flower by Pissarro
An 1877 oil on canvas, Kitchen Garden with Trees in Flower, Spring, Pontoise (aka Spring Plum Trees in Flower), by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. This is a view of the artist's garden. This work was...
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A Plague Tale: Innocence - Overview Gameplay Trailer
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Visiting Glastonbury - the Town of Myths & Legends
The Somerset Levels is an area of the British Isles that captivates visitors with its stunning natural landscape and historical sites and monuments. Glastonbury is famous for its apple orchards and music festival. It is one of the most visited...
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Nijo Castle Plan
A plan of Nijo Castle, Kyoto, Japan. The castle was first built in 1603 CE by the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (r. 1603-1605 CE) Key: 1) Higashi-Ōte-mon (Great Eastern Gate, today main entrance) 2) Guard house 3) Kara-mon 4) Honourable Carriage...
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Chain Home Radar Towers
A number of Chain Home radar towers, used by Britain to detect enemy movements during the Second World War (1939-45), particularly as part of the Dowding System during the Battle of Britain of 1940. These towers were at Poling in Sussex...
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Hesperides
The Hesperides are nymph-goddesses of the evening and the west in Greek mythology. They were the daughters of Atlas, the Titan who bore the heavens on his shoulders, and Hesperis, the personification of the west, or Nyx, the personification...
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Pembroke Table by Chippendale
An 18th-century Pembroke table by the celebrated British furniture manufacturer Thomas Chippendale (1718–1779).
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Zen Rock Garden, Ryoanji
The Zen rock garden of Ryoanji temple, Kyoto, Japan. The garden dates to c. 1500 CE but the exact significance of its 15 stones is unknown except that they are designed to promote meditation.
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Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden by Jan Brueghel de Oude & Peter Paul Rubens. Early 17th century CE. (The Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands)