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History - The Merchant Royal
2027-03-26
The wreck that has never been found. The Merchant Royal was a 17th-century English merchant ship that was lost at sea off Land's End in rough weather on 23 September 1641. On board were at least 100,000 pounds of gold, making it one of the most valuable wrecks of all time.
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History - Tarot Cards
2027-03-22
From common cards to occult icons. Tarot cards didn't begin as the mystical objects you might recognise from popular culture. The earliest known tarot decks were actually created in northern Italy during the 15th century, most likely for wealthy courts in cities such as Milan and Bologna.
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History - The Codex Regius
2027-03-20
The Codex Regius is one of the most important surviving medieval Icelandic manuscripts, preserving many of the poems that shape what we know about Norse mythology, heroic legend, and the old world of the Vikings.
