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    Renaissance Maps of Paradise
    Historian Alessandro Scafi on the four rivers of paradise, Calvin's mapping of Eden, and the first attempts to imagine heaven not on Earth
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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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    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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    Vikings: Raiding and Trading in the Middle Ages
    Professor of German Studies Rudolf Simek on the Vikings' nomadic life, their cultural achievements, and the end of the Viking Age
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    Equestrian Statuette of Charlemagne
    Historian Alexander Sidorov on the unique artifact of the Carolingian Renaissance — a mysterious statuette of a Frankish King in Louvre
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