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Writers don’t make up myths; they take them over and recast them. Even Homer was telling stories that his audience already knew. If some individuals present weren’t acquainted with Odysseus’s wanderings or the Trojan War ... more >>
Despite a 2006 law banning the age-old practice, most parents in rural India still want to marry off their daughters before the legal age of 18 ... more >>
For many years, historians of the Renaissance have lauded the value of forgeries and fakes. Counterfeit documents, passed off as real, offer invaluable clues about the wider culture in which they were made ... more >>
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