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Myth of the Month 19: The Holy Grail -- pt. 2

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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The Myth of the Grail

The notion that one can quest for an elixir of life, or a philosopher's stone, which confers immortality. These sorts of stories are very popular in early modern times. In the golden age of alchemical experimentation, is the 16 hundreds. There are also references to the fountain of youth as being somehow the goal or object of explorers.

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