Troy
This is a beautiful place with a special atmosphere - however it is quite difficult to imagine scenes from Homer’s Iliad here…
October 18, 2010
Random post from the past:
Lucknow residency
The "residency" in Lucknow was demolished in the Indian mutiny of 1857. The uprising started when Indian soldiers refused to "bite the cartridge". This referred to the way the paper cartridges containing gunpowder were opened at the time, the problem being that, in order to keep the dry, they had been greased with pork or beef fat. This, of course, was not in accordance with Muslim and Hindu believes. ...