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    Dante’s Heaven
    Alessandro Scafi on Divine Comedy story line, the desire of God, and Mark Twain
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    The Concept of Sovereignty
    Historian Richard Bourke on political community, history of political philosophy, and the modern struggle over the location of sovereignty
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    Medieval Mapping
    Historian Alessandro Scafi on the Medieval knowledge about spherical form of the Earth, compass points on medieval maps, and role of history in mapping
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    Leonardo da Vinci
    Historian of Art Martin Kemp on Leonardo da Vinci's intellectual contribution to engineering, Madonna Lisa, and the history of Earth
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    Neanderthals
    Archeologist Tim Reynolds on Mousterian tools, cross-species interactions, and Neanderthal language
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    Science Communication in Ancient Greece
    Historian and Philosopher of Science Liba Taub on Aristotle, the cattle problem, and art as a means of science communication
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    Medieval Maps of Paradise
    Historian Alessandro Scafi on the garden of Eden, Augustin's concept of creation, and the emergence of the term "Paradise"
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    Ancient Greek and Roman Science
    Historian and Philosopher of Science Liba Taub on the definition of science, Aristotle, and the ancient ideas about volcanoes
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    The Rosetta Stone
    Egyptologist Richard Parkinson on the object that helped open up the language and textual culture of Ancient Egypt
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    Richard III
    Historian John Ashdown-Hill on one of the most controversial figures in English history, Shakespeare's dark image of Richard the III, and a famous discovery of the King’s remains in Leicester car park
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