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Bubbles of history

Since the 1960s, scientists have been able to study the air from past centuries by analysing particles in Arctic ice samples. But as the polar ice melts, the future of this research is changing.

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Yoga gets physical

Modern yoga owes a debt to the physical culture movement that created a world obsessed with health and fitness.

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The yogi as hermit, warrior, criminal and showman

How the modern world changed the life and reputation of the yogi.

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Yoga adapts to time and place

A yoga teacher in 1930s India inspired today’s transnational practice with his spectacular fusion of tradition and innovation.

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  • Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals & Fleets, 1879.
  • "Diary and plan of the Siege of Colchester...1648"
  • Soldiers, Infantry, being paid their wages by the Roman government, while the Cavalry are seen fending for themselves
  • Example of Beheading, a Roman military punishment carried out by the use of a axe or sword
  • Example of a Roman military punishment for Adultery, where the feet of the soldier were tied to two branches of trees bent down, which being suddenly let free, tore the offender apart.
  • The Roman miliary punishment of Humiliation either by taking away the Military Belt or Girdle or by making the offender do a task that is beneath them, more a temporary or part of a punishment
  • A Roman soldier being dismissed or discharged from the Roman Military
  • Roman military punishment showing the breaking of the legs of slaves or persons of an inferiour level.
  • Example of two types of beating in Roman military punishment showing a beating either by sticks or rods
  • Example of a Roman military punishment, soldiers being sold into slavery and servitude
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