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...copies?not bad for a 2.3 - kg slab of a book with a $50 price tag. Like its predecessor, The Megalithic European is an immensely practical - as long as it's not in your rucksack - gazetteer of more than 300 sites stretching from northern Denmark to Malta, from Crete to Portugal. Entries are sprinkled with 800 photographs, copious illustrations and maps, along with local lore and diary entries from his visits. The book opens with a series of essays in which Cope sifts through his fascinations with the culture and religions of the Ancients, in search of "our universal drive...
...yesterday's game, when Australia strung together a small two-out rally, the team's ERA was 0.00 (they outscored opponents 51-1 over the nine games). U.S. third baseman Crystal Bustos hit two home runs in the gold medal game, including one shot that landed somewhere in Crete, giving her five for the tournament. The other seven teams hit five home runs combined. Says one fan: "These girls could beat the Milwaukee Brewers...
...every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder As much fun as Athens can be, you won't want to leave Greece without looking in on some of its beautiful islands. But you don't have to jostle with the crowds on Mykonos, Santorini, Crete and all those other tourist magnets. Here are three lesser-known getaways: AGISTRI Once a haven for Albanian refugees fleeing Serbian expansion in the 14th century, this tiny island won fame in the 1980s when its lovely pebbled beach, Halikiada, became a favorite haunt for nudists. Today even the most buttoned...
...Some saw this display of military muscle as an appeal to local patriotism, others as a not-so-subtle reminder of Beijing's ultimate sovereignty over Hong Kong. MEANWHILE IN IRELAND... It's All Greek to Them The Irish postal service rejected suggestions that it had confused Cyprus with Crete on a stamp issued to mark the May 1 expansion of the European Union. Ireland - current holder of the rotating E.U. presidency - issued the stamp in the form of a map showing the organization's 15 old and 10 new member states. But keen-eyed philatelists quickly pointed out that...
...genius known as El Greco started his working life as icon painter Doménikos Theotokópoulos on the Greek island of Crete. He ended it as the undisputed giant of 16th century Spanish art. Ever since they were rediscovered in the 19th century, his dramatic religious set pieces and dark, melancholy portraits have been regarded as groundbreaking, and 20th century modernists claimed him as a brother. But he used an alchemy all his own to fuse old and new for the greatest possible impact - at least, that's what one takes away from the exhibition of his work...