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Nicholas as a Function: What Remained After the Relics (Part 3)
Dust of Time Entering the Labyrinth There is a simple logic: if the body disappears, the cult should die. In Demre, this…
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The Church of St Nicholas of Myra: The Empty Sarcophagus (part 2)
Dust of Time Entering the Labyrinth At the center of the Church of St. Nicholas in Demre stands a sarcophagus. It is…
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Nicholas in Dust: The Architecture of Sacred Presence in Demre
Dust of Ages Entering the Labyrinth There are places where a saint is not depicted — he is embedded. Not in an…
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Nicholas of Myra — Architect of Secret Charity
Dead Men with Ideas Name in Stone Nicholas of Myra is a name that sounds like an inscription on a tomb, yet…
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Vespasian, Titus, Domitian: Gods Created by the Senate
After Vespasian’s death, he became Divus Vespasianus. His son Titus became Divus Titus. Their temples rose not only in Rome (for instance,…
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Empire in Repair Mode: Vespasian and the Eastern Provinces
Scars of History Ignition Point Rome never fixed what wasn’t broken. It broke things in order to fix them. Vespasian came to…
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Vespasian: The Maritime Network and the Stone Algorithm
Dead Men with Ideas Name in Stone Vespasian was not born in gold or myth, but in the dust of the Sabine…
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Chimera: Laboratory of Flame and Shadows
Ravings on the Edge of Time Versions of the Nonexistent Imagine that Mount Chimera was never just a rock leaking gas. That…
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Olympos: The Acropolis Above the Fire (Part 7)
Dust of Time The acropolis of Olympos stands as if the city never doubted it would be attacked. Stone bastions on the…
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Olympos: The Theater Where the Wind Performed (part 6)
Dust of Time A Performance for the Void In Lycia, a theater was never just a theater. Here in Olympos, a stone…
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Flame of Hephaestus: The Temple Hidden in the Mountain’s Cracks
Abandoned Pantheons Ashes Above the Altar Fire is not always alive. Sometimes it lies dormant in the stones, smoldering for centuries, exhaling…
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Olympos: The Port Stolen from the Gods (part 5)
The beach at Olympos doesn’t look like a postcard. The sand here is dark, flecked with pebbles, and the sea moves lazily,…
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Olympos: Antenna for the Dead and the Living
Ravings on the Edge of Time Versions of the Nonexistent At first, it looked like a joke. The old Mount Tahtalı was…
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Chimera: The Ashes of Bellerophon
Call of the Void Point of Disappearance Sometimes, the void isn’t silent. It hisses. It breathes. It burns. You stand on the…
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