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medieval News Archive24-Aug-2007
A Medieval ship which could be worth millions of pounds to a city?s tourism industry may never go on public display, it has been claimed. Journey to a time of kings, queens and knights in shining armor during a Medieval Faire Sunday afternoon at the Huntington City-Township Public Library. A study into the mysterious changing skull shape of medieval man casts serious doubt on current theories. Mystery over the way men's skulls changed shape in medieval Europe deepens after discoveries at Yorkshire village. Same-sex civil unions, while seemingly new and radical, appear to have existed 600 years ago in late medieval France, a professor writes in the September issue of the Journal of Modern History. Many consider Germany's Rothenburg to be the best-preserved Medieval town in Europe. Many also consider it a horrible tourist trap. Everyone in the town makes their living off tourism. The place is stampeded midday with visiting tour groups. The town even created its own traditional pastry -- the schneeball (or snowball) to compliment all the faux traditional Christmas ornaments it sells. Yet ...
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