Archive - Mar 18, 2009 - Story

Levenger offers Sarajevo Haggadah facsimile

Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2009-03-18 14:28
The Levenger Company has produced a facsimile of the Sarajevo Haggadah, a 14th century Spanish prayer book and the oldest haggadah known. The original found its way to Sarajevo, and was saved by an Islamic scholar during World War II.

Mongolian dogs "brave and deadly"

Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2009-03-18 10:53
An article for Mongolia-Attractions.com discusses the characteristics of the dogs, which have changed little since the time of the Huns.

Shakespeare Facebooked

Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2009-03-18 07:15
If William Shakespeare had had a Facebook or MySpace account, what might it have looked like? Mike McPhaden thinks he knows with Wm. Shakespeare's Five and Twenty Random Things Abovt Me. (PG-13 for language)