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The Seven Sleepers series by Gilbert Morris takes a modern approach to the story in which seven teenagers must be awakened to fight evil in a post-nuclear-apocalypse world. John Buchan refers to the Seven Sleepers in The Three Hostages in which Richard Hannay surmises that his wife Mary, who is a sound sleeper, is descended from one of the ...
The exact location of the Seven Sleepers' cave is not known, and there are many other contenders to the title, [1] including some in Turkey. [2] Next to the cave, there is a mosque commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz (reigned 1861–1876) and built in 1873. The mosque's tall minaret with three şerefes (balconies) were added later. [3 ...
It is claimed that this cave housed the Seven Sleepers, also known from Christian sources as the "Sleepers of Ephesus" and from the Qur’an as the "Companions of the Cave" (Arabic: اصحاب الكهف, romanized: aṣḥāb al kahf)—a group of young men who, according to Byzantine Christian and Islamic sources, fled the religious ...
The Worcester museum's window depicts the Messengers from Ephesus before Emperor Theodosius II (an Episode from the "Legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus") and was painted between 1200 and 1210.
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Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, Passionary of Weissenau, Cod.Bodmer 127, c. 1170. Seven Sleepers' Day (German: Siebenschläfertag) on June 27 is a feast day commemorating the legend of the Seven Sleepers as well as one of the best-known bits of traditional weather lore (expressed as a proverb) remaining in German-speaking Europe.
Move over, Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword—there's a new NYT word game in town! The New York Times' recent game, "Strands," is becoming more and more popular as another daily activity ...
“The key is moderation,” says Jennifer Scherer, M.S., R.D.N., a registered dietitian and owner of Fredericksburg Fitness in Virginia. “While fat is essential for overall health, too much ...