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It was 200 years ago that Swiss explorer Johann Burckhardt rediscovered the lost Nabataean city of Petra.
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Jean Louis Burckhardt, the star of the book, actually bought a slave and sold him at a profit.
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Hospitality is an important part of Bedouin culture, something Burckhardt relied upon heavily during his travels in the Middle East.
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Burckhardt, arriving here at sunset, realised it was too late to reach the tomb and sacrificed his goat on the spot with a few hasty incantations.
BBC: Unveiling the secrets of Petra
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The story follows detective Nick Burckhardt (David Giuntoli) as he discovers that he has the power to see various ghouls, werewolves, and other creatures disguised to normal human eyes behind normal human faces.
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Over the centuries both the Nile and the desert sands imperceptibly shifted, and this temple was lost to the world until 1813, when it was accidentally rediscovered by the Swiss explorer Jean-Louis Burckhardt.
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Portraits of the Medici and their associates announce what Burckhardt called "the modern idea of fame, " a concept further explored, later on, in medals, busts, drawings and paintings of assorted (mostly male) notables, from clerics to humanist poets to merchants.
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Avant-Garde Masters (January 15 - February 3), recently restored films and videos including work by Rudy Burckhardt, Abigail Child, Bruce Conner, George and Mike Kuchar, Jonas Mekas, Sidney Peterson, Larry Rivers, Carolee Schneemann, Andy Warhol and more, shown in the new 68-seat screening room.
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