Fantastical Islands from a Roman Novel

Lucian of Samosata was a second-century author writing in Roman Turkey. His best-known work is A True History, a satire of ancient historians who breathlessly repeated whatever half-baked tall tales they’d been told about foreign lands. Much as it pains me to see my beloved Herodotus so ill-treated, A True History is both funny and […]

Derinkuyu Underground City

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The Wonders of Sir John Mandeville (the Mediterranean)

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PCs on the Battlefield: The Crusades

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