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"Can it be possible that the painters make John the Baptist a Spaniard in Madrid and an Irishman in Dublin?”
- Mark Twain
"Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.”
- John The Baptist (Luke 3:11)
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Knidos is an ancient city located on the Western most point of Asia where the Aegean Sea meets the Mediterranean Sea. It was a vitally important trading port and was especially known in the days of Ancient Greece for a scandalous sculpture of a naked Athena displayed in the centre of the city. Today, the city is in ruins but otherwise it seems not much has changed since.