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Ancient Rome on Film, Part 2: The Empire Strikes Back, from Gladiator to Spartacus Blood and Sand

February 11, 2011 | For nearly 3 decades, the sword and sandal genre would be dead forever, becoming formulaic and grand spectacles that lost at the box office...

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Ancient Rome on Film, Part 1: From Spartacus to the Fall of the Empire

February 04, 2011 | With the recent announcement that Starz, a successful cable network, was promoting a new version of Spartacus, fans of the sword and sandals genre everywhere are foaming at the mouth.

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Vampires & Vikings: The ancient origins of “True Blood’s” more interesting residents

February 02, 2011 | Last week's 5.3 million viewers of HBO’s True Blood prove that cannibalism, drinking blood, running around naked in the woods, still haven't lost their appeal.

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Illustrating the New World Through a European Lens

February 03, 2011 | The Native Americans that paddled out to the first ships to come ashore in the New World were part of a momentous meeting. The peoples of the Americas, descendants of the last of man's migrations eastward, had developed civilizations long isolated from Western influence.

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The Origins of Halloween Part 2: The Day the Dead Return, Dia De Los Muertos in Mexico

November 02, 2010 | In Mexico the dead walk with the living, and the brides of death meet their otherworldly companions to bring them treats and blessings on the night after Halloween...

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