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75The King's Golden Crown
An alchemist at work. Alchemists failed to make gold out of other metls, but they learned many useful facts. Archimedes (287-212 B.C.) was a Greek, a native of Syracuse, a city in Sicily. He was a great...
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54A Look at Some of the Popular Sicily Museums
There are dozens of Sicily museums and galleries worth investigating, especially if you are into Sicilian history. Below, you will see a brief description of a few of the more popular ones.1. Museo...
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72Greek Culture on the Isle of Sicily
We traveled through Sicily in May of 2009, a journey through centuries and landscapes varied and voluptuous. Among the many wonders—the beautiful Baroque cities, the breathtaking coast, intriguing Palermo,...
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62Sicily and Malta in less than 7 days!
View from the top floor of Cinisi, Sicily View of the hills of Malta This past March, I had the extreme pleasure of traveling with a very close friend to Sicily and Malta to celebrate her mother's 86th...
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63Exciting Sicilian Day Trips And Adventures!
Apart from the breathtaking scenery and the lure of the Mediterranean Sea, your Sicily holiday can offer many exciting things to do, many of which the average tourist may not have thought of. For example,...
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57Italian Regional Cusine Los Angeles
It seems as if there are so many terms denoting Italian and you can hardly tell which from which. For instance, there are Sicilian restaurants. They are still Italian but somehow, they are called differently....
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72Italian Job Part 2
That was how the job continued. Right through March and April we chugged down the coast of Italy, gathering data. It's a beautiful coastline and we spent days here and there just visiting little islands...
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67Were British Soldiers Secretly Drugged During World War Two?
Since Greek athletes first started to achieve a competitive edge with the use of an opiate known to the Dutch as “doop”, giving rise to the modern term dope, armies have been trying to improve their...
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78Mount Etna.. A Thrilling Part Of Your Sicily Vacation!
When you hear of active volcanoes, one cannot help but think of Mount Etna, one of the world’s most famous volcanoes. Located on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Mount Etna is the largest active...
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66The mysterious cairns of Guia de Isora
Just outside the southern town of Guía de Isora in Tenerife alongside the road going northwards are a number of large mounds of earth and volcanic rocks. Some have definite walls to them made of stones and...
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