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Imagine if you could set the year and travel to any era you wished?
WORDS MICHEL CRUZ
We’ve been fascinated with the past for centuries, for it defines our present world. In film, literature and now also computer games, we love to ‘go back’, but what if we could one day really travel back in time and see it all for ourselves?
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eople are as fascinated with the past as they are with the future, and of course, the two are related, connected by a present that we sometimes find less interesting. The promise of the future is equalled by the mystery of the past, and while we’ve all
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been given certain images of history at school, in movies and books, wouldn’t it be exciting to check it all out first-hand? Many have theorised about what it was really like, their minds drifting to somewhat rose-coloured versions of the knightly Middle Ages, the power
of Rome, or the times of the Pharaohs. Authors, in particular, have found a rich vein of inspiration in historic settings that can vary from the Venetian Republic and Elizabethan England to 18th century France and the early days of America — but while most place their stories in
