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  2. Cave of Adullam - Wikipedia

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    The term "Cave of Adullam" has been used by political commentators referring to any small group remote from power but planning to return. Thus in Walter Scott's 1814 novel Waverley when the Jacobite rising of 1745 marches south through England, the Jacobite Baron of Bradwardine welcomes scanty recruits while remarking that they closely resemble David's followers at the Cave of Adullam ...

  3. Vlad the Impaler - Wikipedia

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    Vlad's eldest son, [144] Mihnea, was born in 1462. [145] Vlad's unnamed second son was killed before 1486. [144] Vlad's third son, Vlad Drakwlya, unsuccessfully laid claim to Wallachia around 1495. [144] [146] He was the forefather of the noble Drakwla family. [144]

  4. Curtea Veche - Wikipedia

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    Curtea Veche (September 24, 2011) with the bust of Vlad Țepeș. Curtea Veche (the Old Princely Court) was built as a palace or residence during the rule of Vlad III Dracula in 1459. [1] Archaeological excavations started in 1953, and now the site is operated by the Muzeul Municipiului București in the historic centre of Bucharest, Romania.

  5. Bran Castle - Wikipedia

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    The Wallachian ruler Vlad Țepeș (Vlad the Impaler; 1448–1476) does not seem to have had a significant role in the history of the fortress, although he passed several times through the Bran Gorge. At some point, Bran Castle belonged to the Hungarian kings , but due to the failure of King Vladislas II (r. 1471–1516) to repay loans, the city ...

  6. Allegory of the cave - Wikipedia

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    Plato's allegory of the cave by Jan Saenredam, according to Cornelis van Haarlem, 1604, Albertina, Vienna. Plato's allegory of the cave is an allegory presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic (514a–520a, Book VII) to compare "the effect of education (παιδεία) and the lack of it on our nature".

  7. City of David (archaeological site) - Wikipedia

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    The City of David (Hebrew: עיר דוד, romanized: ʿĪr Davīd), known locally mostly as Wadi Hilweh (Arabic: وادي حلوة), [1] is the name given to an archaeological site considered by most scholars to be the original settlement core of Jerusalem during the Bronze and Iron Ages.

  8. A pit of bones discovered under a castle could unlock key ...

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    The castle was built above the cave long before any excavation. At that time, the scientists hit a more than 5-foot-thick rock, which blocked them from burrowing into key layers of the collapsed cave.

  9. Tower of David - Wikipedia

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    The name Tower of David was first used for the Herodian tower in the 5th century CE by the Byzantine Christians, who believed the site to be the palace of King David. [3] [1] They borrowed the name Tower of David from the Song of Songs, attributed to Solomon, King David's son, who wrote: "Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all ...