Her book covers bathing cultures from ancient Greece and Rome, medieval Europe, to modern Korea and the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottomans are one of the most interesting, yet misunderstood, dynasties in history. How did the Empire come about? Did ...

"It remains an extraordinary story," said Mathew Lyons in Literary Review. On 18 May 1565, an Ottoman fleet of some 200 ships carrying more than 25,000 soldiers appeared off Malta, to be joined ...

(chuckles) I can't even imagine! APPRAISER: Right. This is coming from a culture, both the Ottoman culture and then the Greek island culture, as a, as a result was very, very textile driven.

a significant figure of the Ottoman period. The excavation, supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Governorship of Çanakkale, is continuing this season at the necropolis area of ...

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