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Who were the eunuchs and what was their role in the Tang Dynasty?

Nguyen An was taken as tribute from Vietnam to China and became a eunuch in service to the Chinese emperor. He achieved a successful career as an architect.

Fantasy author Elaine Isaak's book THE EUNUCH'S HEIR takes up a generation after her first novel, THE SINGER'S CROWN.

More conversation with fantasy author Elaine Isaak, author of The Singer's Crown and The Eunuch's Heir

A rather fun addition to the always expanding genre of celebrity travel shows where Merton joins a blind cricket team and racketeers with a group of eunuchs.

Baptists believe that God gave the Church two ordinances to observe, Baptism and the Lord's Supper.

Lord Byron's poem, "Don Juan," is not only a poem about the legendary lover but a critical look at politics and the arts.

A summary of the new trend and the historical background of the male belly dancers.

The latest Berlitz Pocket Guide to China offers a lot of information in an easy to carry format. It is attractively illustrated and a pleasure to handle.

What was life like for the wives and concubines who lived in the royal harems of ancient India?

Tony Award winners Christopher Plummer and Anika Noni Rose will star in the 2008 Stratford Festival's Caesar and Cleopatra, a rarely performed piece by G.B. Shaw.

This new film seems like your average stupid comedy where Jack Black plays himself and Michael Cera is awkward. Well, it is, but you might actually be surprised.

As a young poet, Leonard Cohen was preoccupied with passion and mythic imagery. In "St. Catherine's Street" he examines how one diminishes the other.

The story of a Russian slave who used the harem as a springboard to power in the Ottoman Empire.

Giulio Cesare (Julius Caesar), an Italian tragic opera by George Frideric Handel: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Handel opera information.

Jezebel has been portrayed for centuries as a wicked harlot; recent scholarship and archaeological evidence argue otherwise.

Shajarat Al-Durr was no doubt an extraordinary woman. She ruled Egypt during a difficult period of its history when the country came under attack by crusading armies.

The Dragon and the Foreign Devils charts the history of China and its foreign relations over the course of three thousand years.

Poets and playwrights of the early Roman theatre who translated and adapted Greek comedies are credited with their preservation.

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was built by the Achmaenid Dynasty in the Persian Empire to honour the goddess Artemis.

Gazing from banks of the river Bosphorus, which divides Istanbul into East and West, one of the world's greatest cities is laid out, ready to discover.

Beijing's Forbidden City and Great Wall of China are some of China's greatest tourist attractions. Beijing cuisine is known throughout the world.

History teachers and Bible scholars alike can now tear their hair out in the privacy of their own living rooms with the release of Year One on blu-ray and dvd.

Fiction by Mike Resnick, Jerry Oltion, Lisa Goldstein, Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Steve Rasnic Tem. Opinion from Robert Silverberg, Paul di Filippo & editor Sheila Williams

Thomas "Boston" Corbett mortally wounded the assassin in a tobacco barn. Goaded by the pressures of fame, Corbett went insane and was committed to an insane asylum.

Charles Benn's text, China's Golden Age: Everyday Life in Ancient China, contains several notable flaws. However, the source as a whole may still be useful.

Warner Home Video's Saturday Morning Cartoons 1970's Volume 1 is a cheesefest of vintage cartoons. 5/10.

Spectacular, boulder-strewn Hampi is a World Heritage Site and a photographer's dream.

While on her deathbed the Empress Dowager Cixi chose the infant boy Pu Yi to be China's next emperor. In December 1908 he ascended the throne.

On the fourth episode of season two of HBO's Rome, Pullo and Vorenus seek out the children, Servilia has a really bad day, and Octavian relishes his first major victory.

Emperor from 361, Julian was the last Pagan Roman Emperor. Brought up as a Christian, revival of the old religions earned him the title 'apostate'.

The story of Abelard and Heloise is a tragic love affair out of early 12th-century France, and one of the best-known records of romantic love in the Middle Ages.

Year One, starring Jack Black and Michael Cera, is a movie of biblical proportions? Well, no, but its Bible-themed premise works well enough.

Writing on Hinduism necessitates the use of non-English words that occur often need to be explained. This glossary explains words beginning with I to L.

Writing on Hinduism necessitates the use of non-English words that occur often need to be explained. This glossary explains words beginning with Q to S.

While traveling through Turkey, a stop at the great Roman city of Hierapolis on the famous white cliffs of Pamukkale hot springs is a must.

Spiro Agnew, the son of Greek immigrants, became known for his fiery, alliterative speeches in which he attacked political opponents of the Nixon administration.