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History
Jun 9, 2015The Tournament of the Ages: Calcio Storico
With a history that spans more than a millennia, calcio storico (historic football) is an ancient ball game that originated from the Greeks, was adopted by the Romans and established as an annual tournament in Florence in celebration of the city’s patron saint, St. John the Baptist.
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History
Jan 5, 2015Venture Down into the Catacombs of Rome
In Rome, the practice of burying the dead in underground chambers can be traced back to the Etruscan Civilization of ancient Italy. Although cremation was once popular, funeral customs gradually shifted to inhumation (burial of unburnt remains) and then burial with the rise of Christianity and belief in the bodily resurrection of the Second Coming.