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Stumbling Steps to Heaven: December 2013
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Stumbling Steps to Heaven. Musings on Orthodox themes. Thursday, 5 December 2013. No, I'm not being lazy (well not much anyway) but I'm still deeply involved in getting the Kindle edition of “A Glimpse of Heaven” ready. It's nearly completed but I'm still looking for a few more illustrations and a few friends are proof reading. 8220;The Mode of Life Project” is an Australian site devoted to Orthodox articles and resources. It's still expanding and well worth a look:. Aristotle Koskinas is an archaeologis...
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Battle of the Bulge
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Battle of the Bulge. Historian on the Warpath. The Battle of the Bulge. Analysis of history, monuments, and warpaths of the Battle of the Bulge. The Bastogne Mardasson Memorial. May 8, 2013. While in Luxembourg, a Belgian coworker harassed me, You’re an American and you’ve never visited Bastogne? It was true. I was visiting the Low Countries for the third time and I had zero plans to visit the famous town from the Battle of the Bulge. To redeem myself, I showed him a picture of the […]. April 26, 2013.
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Alexander’s heroic and divine nature on my middle finger
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Battle of the Bulge. Historian on the Warpath. Alexander’s heroic and divine nature on my middle finger. March 23, 2015. Among the countless tourist shops in Athens, I stumbled across a jeweler who had the perfect decoration for my finger. The jeweler made a replica of a famous coin depicting Alexander the Great on one side, or so I thought. The other side depicts Zeus. For an accessible reference on Greek myths). 2. Similarly, outside the Greek world, newly conquered regions had their own god-like heroe...
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Book Reviews
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Battle of the Bulge. Historian on the Warpath. Books I’m Reading. I read a lot of books. If something inspires me, I’ll write a review about it. If you are a publisher and you have a book you would like me to review, you can contact me at scottmanning13@gmail.com. Book Review: Caesar in the USA. May 16, 2016. Read the full article →. 8216;Agincourt’: A battle made famous by Shakespeare. November 14, 2015. Read the full article →. Book Review: Hannibal: A Hellenistic Life. March 30, 2015. MacDonald, Eve&#...
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A Case against Battlefield Preservation
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Battle of the Bulge. Historian on the Warpath. A Case against Battlefield Preservation. May 10, 2015. I have trekked battlefields dating back to the Greco-Persian Wars and made more than three dozen trips to Gettysburg, so I am avid supporter of battlefield preservation. Today, he lives in Fredericksburg, which he described as a town built around worshipping the Civil War. This was not a compliment. The Innis House at Marye’s Heights in Fredericksburg (Photograph by Dawn Manning, 2010). He went further t...
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Civil War
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Battle of the Bulge. Historian on the Warpath. The American Civil War (1861-1865). The sesquicentennial is upon us. We need to talk more about the Civil War. My Favorite Spot at Gettysburg. March 30, 2016. Read the full article →. Liberty Place Monument and #BLACKLIVESMATTER. January 12, 2016. Read the full article →. Don’t forget your roots, Yank. July 19, 2015. I typically reserve these conversations for the battlefield. The toxicity of the Confederacy mixed with the Internet and long-held beliefs ...
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Lagana: Ash Monday’s traditional bread | Notes from a Greek kitchen
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Notes from a Greek kitchen. Cooking from scratch is easy! Lagana: Ash Monday’s traditional bread. Or Clean Monday, marks the beginning of Lent, a 7-week period of strict fasting, in preparation for Easter. During this time, the Greek Orthodox church prohibits the consumption of all animal products (meat, poultry, fish, dairy, eggs). Seafood is allowed, but on some days even olive oil is proscribed. Essentially, the faithful become vegans for 48 days. Let’s get started:. Active cooking time: about. Bowl f...
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I have knelt before the tomb of the Athenians at Marathon
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Battle of the Bulge. Historian on the Warpath. I have knelt before the tomb of the Athenians at Marathon. August 3, 2015. But how do we know this is. Mound containing dead Athenians who fought the Persians that day? Cremating and burying war dead was a custom for the Greeks, which included a feast. For this ceremony, they first laid some sand. On top of that, they made an outline of bricks, roughly 16 by 3 ft. Here, they laid the pyre for cremation. Afterwards, they piled on the dirt to c...The Athenian ...
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King Sargon II’s Warning to ISIS
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Battle of the Bulge. Historian on the Warpath. King Sargon II’s Warning to ISIS. May 13, 2015. Among the ancient cities ISIS bulldozed and blasted. This past March was Dur-Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad in Iraq), a capital city founded by Assyrian King Sargon II (r. 722-705 BC). Like all ancient Assyrian kings, Sargon left a clear warning to those who destroyed his work. King of the universe. King of the world. Favorite of the great gods. Advanced over inaccessible paths. Then there is a lengthy description...
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Grieks dagboek 16 juli 2015 | Geertje in Griekenland
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Schrijfsels vanuit de havenstad Piraeus. Mijn stad in beeld. Griekse tradities and religie. Juli 17, 2015. Grieks dagboek 16 juli 2015. Mijn vriendin belt op. Ze klaagt dat haar boodschappen met ingang van maandag tien procent duurder zullen worden door de nieuw ingevoerde verhoogde BTW. Ze gaat er weer op achteruit en dat terwijl haar man al veertig procent is gekort op zijn pensioen. Wat gaat er nog meer gebeuren? Vraagt ze me in verwarring, zoiets gebeurt toch in geen enkel ander Europees land? Bij de...
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