History

Oxus Treasure

The Oxus Treasure is a collection of 180 artifacts of precious metal, dated to the Achaemenid Empire(c. 550-330 BCE), which ...

Montezuma

Montezuma II, also spelled Moctezuma, (born 1466died c. June 30, 1520, Tenochtitln, within modern Mexico City), ninth Aztec ...

Assyria

The Assyrian Empire was a collection of united city-states that existed from 900 B.C.E. to 600 B.C.E., which grew through ...

Ashur

Ashur (also known as Assur) was an Assyrian city located on a plateau above the Tigris River in Mesopotamia (today known as ...

Prophet Muhammad

Muhammad was the founder of Islam and the proclaimer of the Qur??n, Islam’s sacred scripture. He spent his entire life ...

Robert the Bruce

Robert the Bruce did not betray Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk Robert wasn’t even there. Robert the Bruce did bide ...

Cahuachi

Cahuachi, in Peru, was a major ceremonial center of the Nazca culture, based from 1 AD to about 500 AD in the coastal area of ...

Roman Emperor

He was a ruler of ability and vision and at his death, Augustus was proclaimed by the Senate to be a Roman god. This statue is ...

Donato Bramante

Donato Bramante, Donato also spelled Donino or Donnino, (born c. 1444, probably at Monte Asdrualdo, Duchy of Urbino ...

Zakros

Archaeology. Zakro was first excavated by D.G. Hogarth of the British School of Archaeology at Athens and 12 houses were ...

Caesarion

Caesarion is usually assumed to have been the son of Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE) who had an intermittent affair with Cleopatra ...

Lyre

The lyre (/?la??r/) is a stringed musical instrument that dates back to 1400 BCE in ancient Greece. It is known for its use in ...

Yurt

Yurts originated among nomadic groups in the steppes of central Asia, with coverings made of animal skins or felt. The ...

Ogham

Ogham was developed during the Roman Empire and demonstrates the spread of its influence far beyond the imperial frontiers; ...

Viriathus

Viriathus hailed from Lusitania, which occupied parts of modern-day Portugal and western Spain. It is not known precisely when ...

Magnus Maximus

Magnus Maximus, (died Aug. 27, 388), usurping Roman emperor who ruled Britain, Gaul, and Spain from ad 383 to 388. A Spaniard ...

Odin

Odin was the ruler of the Aesir (pronounced AY-sur), a group of deities, or gods, in Norse mythology. Sometimes called ...

Attila the Hun

Attila the Hun was the leader of the Hunnic Empire from 434 to 453 A.D. Also called Flagellum Dei, or the scourge of God, ...

Hill of Tara

The name Tara is an anglicization of the Irish name Teamhair or Cnoc na Teamhrach (‘hill of Tara’). It is also ...

Vortigern

Vortigern was a 5th-century CE English ruler best known for inviting the Saxons to Britain to stop the incursions of the Picts ...

Pandavas

The Pandavas were born to Pandu and his wives, Kunti and Madri by the boon given to Kunti by Durvasa, that she could have a ...

King Arthur

King Arthur is a medieval, mythological figure who was the head of the kingdom Camelot and the Knights of the Round Table. It ...

Children’s Crusade

The Children’s Crusade was a failed popular crusade by European Christians to establish a second Latin Kingdom of ...

Homo Sapiens

Homo sapiens, the first modern humans, evolved from their early hominid predecessors between 200,000 and 300,000 years ago. ...

St. Anthony’s Fire

St. Anthony’s Fire (SAF) is an illness brought on by the ingestion of fungus-contaminated rye grain causing ergot ...

Arjuna

According to the legend, Arjuna was a demigod, who was born as a blessing after his mother Kunti invoked the god Indra on her ...

Ganesha

Ganesha is the son of Shiva and Parvati and he is the brother of Karthikeya (or Subrahmanya), the god of war. He was created ...

Tenjin

History of Tenjin MatsuriTenjin Matsuri has been celebrated in Osaka for over 1,000 years. The first recorded festival took ...

Valeria Messalina

Valeria Messalina (Latin: [wa?l?r?. a m?ssa??li?na]; c. 17/2048) was the third wife of Roman emperor Claudius. She was a ...

Phidias

Until recently, it was thought that Phidias died in prison shortly thereafter, but now it is believed that he was exiled to ...