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Orientalism
exodus.
John Hemming • The Conquest of the Incas
"Festina lente - Make haste, slowly"- Greek and Latin proverb, adopted by Augustus and commonly attributed to him.
the remarkable diary of an intrepid Gallic pilgrim called Egeria, who toured the Holy Land at the end of the fourth century,
Max Adams • The First Kingdom
Small correction: today I learned that the pyramids of Egypt don't contain hieroglyphs, so this was edited to "ancient temples" in the version published on my site.