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Rick Steves' Europe
Art Bites 106: Ancient Greek Columns and Capitals
Columns and their capitals were both functional and decorative. And a quick lesson on their features makes it easy to identify the three orders of ancient Greek architecture: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.
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Rick uses Ethiopia as a classroom for understanding global hunger and extreme poverty
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Exploring the Nile Valley from north to south, we see the highlights of Egypt.
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Traveling across Germany, we trace the roots of Nazism in the aftermath of World War I.
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Starting in Glasgow, we travel to Stirling Castle, and watch a sheepdog demo.
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We'll wander across the Isles of Iona and Skye, then set sail for Orkney’s Scapa Flow.
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Let's visit Scotland’s Glencoe, Inverness, the Culloden battlefield and Loch Ness.
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Let's enjoy Sicily's Palermo, Monreale, Agrigento, Villa Casale, Taormina, and Mt. Etna