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Crusader routes to Antioch (map by Gabriel Moss)

A cleanser of the teeth (Apuleius, Apology 6)

Adhémar of Le Puy carries the Holy Lance into battle, 13th cent. manuscript miniature

Climbing into Firuz's tower, with Bohemond looking on. Engraving by Gustave Doré (1832-1883)

The walls of Antioch over a ravine

The crusaders use a trebuchet to throw Turkish heads into Nicaea, 13th cent. French manuscript miniature

The castle tower at Durrës, Albania

Tomb of the Virgin, Vallley of Jehosophat, Jerusalem (rebuilt in 12th century)

The Salle des Croisades, Palace of Versailles

Bohemond of Taranto at Antioch, by By Henri Frédéric Schopin (1804–1880; Palace of Versailles)

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