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Art Bites 127: Ancient Rome’s Etruscan Roots
Centuries before Rome, a mysterious Etruscan civilization ruled northern Italy. What we know about it we learned from art found in its tombs. In 509 BC the Romans threw out their Etruscan king and the rest is history.
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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