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Sutton Hoo
Sutton Hoo , archaeological site near Woodbridge, East Suffolk, E England, containing 11 barrows. Excavations here in 1938-39 revealed remains of a Saxon ship (c.660), which with its gold and silver treasures is now in the British Museum. The absence of a body and of personal objects in the ship has... Read more |
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Brahui
Brahui PRONUNCIATION:brah-HOO-ee ALTERNATE NAMES:Brohi LOCATION:Pakistan (Baluchistan Province); a small number live in southern Afghanistan and Iran POPULATION:861,000 to over 1.5 million LANGUAGE:Brahui; Sindhi RELIGION:Islam (Sunni Muslim) 1 •... Read more |
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Hutu
Hutu PRONUNCIATION:HOO-too LOCATION:Rwanda; Burundi POPULATION:Approximately 10 million LANGUAGE:Kinyarwanda; Kirundi; French; Swahili RELIGION:Christianity combined with traditional beliefs 1 • INTRODUCTION The word Hutuis the name for the majority of people who... Read more |
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kingdom of East Anglia
East Anglia, kingdom of. Anglo-Saxon migrants, possibly with some Frisian elements, settled early in East Anglia in the late 5th and early 6th cents. Its difficult western boundary in the Fens ensured a degree of independence and the East Angles preserved in what became the two shires of Norfolk and... Read more |
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Robert Adam
Robert Adam , 1728-92, and James Adam, 1730-94, Scottish architects, brothers. They designed important public and private buildings in England and Scotland and numerous interiors, pieces of furniture, and decorative objects. Robert possessed the great creative talents, with his brother James... Read more |
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Ayesha
Ayesha2 name of the central character of Rider Haggard's She (1887), the mysterious and long-lived queen who is otherwise known as She-who-must-be-obeyed.... Read more |
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Percy E. Sutton
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Sutton
Sutton, a very common place-name, ‘south farmstead or village’, i.e. one to the south of another settlement, OE sūth + tūn: examples include: Sutton Cambs. Sudtone 1086 (DB). Sutton Gtr. London. Sudtone 1086 (DB). Sutton Suffolk. Suthtuna 1086 (DB). Sutton at Hone Kent.... Read more |
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
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Film: The incredible shrinking Tolkien Like many other fans of the Lord of...
...version. It's been a long time coming, because The Fellowship of the Ring did live up to the expectations...yearning English Romantic mystery. Real locations are used...with armour based on the Sutton Hoo hoard. Full marks. But... |