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The Gates of Paradise in Florence - A Masterpiece of Renaissance Art
... Florence Baptistery. Also known as the Baptistery of Saint John ( Battistero di San Giovanni ), it is one of the oldest ... was a small octagonal building dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. Over the centuries, the Baptistery ... Top image: Gates of Paradise. Baptistery of Saint John (1128). Florence. Source: dbrnjhrj /Adobe Stock By ...
Aleksa Vučković - 17/07/2023 - 14:59
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Monument to Hero Crazy Horse Is Taking Shape After 70 Years
... United States Army detachment of 30 men, led by Lieutenant John Lawrence Grattan, entered the camp with the intent to ...
Aleksa Vučković - 20/09/2019 - 23:02
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Real-Life Lord of the Flies: The Strange and Violent History of Pitcairn Island
... the Polynesian men. Two mutineers, Edward Young and John Adams, believing their lives were in danger from ... men had been killed, and only one mutineer remained (John Adams), as well as 9 Polynesian women and 19 children. John Adams turned to the scriptures for a new and peaceful ...
Joanna Gillan - 27/07/2018 - 00:05
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Hala Sultan Tekke: Muslim Holy Site and a Historic Landmark of Cyprus
... between 1897 and 1898, led by Henry Beauchamp Walters and John Winter Crowfoot, revealed the remains of numerous tombs ...
Aleksa Vučković - 30/12/2021 - 01:00
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Tracing the Unknown Origins of the Enigmatic Nomoli Figures
... years. Nomoli figures on display at the British Museum. (John Atherton / CC BY-SA 2.0 ) African Legends Surrounding ... of Ethiopia Based on stylistic comparisons, archaeologist John Atherton and historian Milan Kalous estimated that the ... one of the Nomoli figures at the British Museum. Source: John Atherton / CC BY-SA 2.0 By M R Reese References ...
mrreese - 18/03/2023 - 00:57
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My Mother’s Persian Stories: Rose and Marigold
... that a bold and noble man will be able to solve it.” John William Godward "A Persian princess" 1898. (Plum leaves/ ...
Saeid and Shaunie Shammass - 12/08/2018 - 22:54
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Passover Magic II: Parallels of Egyptian Curses and The Exodus
... – “The destruction of the Pharaoh’s Host,” by John Martin (1833), using the Mezzotint technique. ( TATE ) ... maybe he had even once been a Pharaoh himself. Top Image: John Martin’s “Seventh Plague of Egypt” (1823), in the ...
Jonathon Perrin - 12/04/2020 - 02:00
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11 Very Strange Deaths from History
... whalebone procedure, which led to his death in 1816. 11.John Cummings: Death by Knife Swallowing Although it may seem ... death, this story is even crazier than you’d expect. John Cummings began knife swallowing after observing a ... death: A drawing of the objects found in the stomach of John Cummings ( Public Domain ) Note to Self: Don’t Trip on ...
Lex Leigh - 29/11/2022 - 21:58
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Chilling Maya Murder Tools Unearthed Near Kulubá Sacrificial Altar
... Truth About the Bloody Rituals of the Maya (Video) John Dee , the prominent Elizabethan era psychonaut, was an ... and occultist who studied science, astrology and alchemy. John Dee famously possessed a black obsidian scrying mirror ...
ashley cowie - 11/07/2023 - 22:55
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10 Must-Visit Sites in Cappadocia
... churches. The upper church is the great basilica of St John the Baptist , which is thought to be the oldest and ...
Joanna Gillan - 25/10/2020 - 20:58
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The Strange Story of the Black Prince of Canterbury
... character. Although cruel, after the capture of King John the Good, he treated him with the respect he deserved as ... aggressive methods against his non-royal enemies. King John: The Worst Monarch in English History? William Marshal: ... Unknown women also gave birth to his sons Edward, John, and Charles. With his wife Joan he had two sons: Edward ...
Natalia Klimczak - 29/06/2019 - 01:44
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The Powerful Politics Behind the Parable of the Good Samaritan
... its height when, under the Hasmonean ruler and high priest John Hyrcanus I , the Judahites invaded Samaria and destroyed ... Gottheil, Richard, and Meyer Kyserling. 1906. Hyrcanus, John (Johanan) I . Jewish Encyclopedia. [Online] Available ... http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/7972-hyrcanus-john-johanan-i Jewish Virtual Library. N.D. Ancient Jewish ...
Caleb Strom - 13/03/2019 - 18:02
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Titans Under the Earth: Evidence for The Tall Ones, and the Mounds of Pennsylvania
... cm – 244 cm). This article is dedicated to the memory of John William Dillon, who kept truth and dreams alive. During ...
Jason Jarrell - 07/08/2021 - 02:02
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Thoth’s Storm: New Evidence for Ancient Egyptians in Ireland?
... magical powers. Tuatha de Dannan: Riders of the Sidhe by John Duncan. ( Public Domain ) Ritual Burials and Mysterious ...
David Halpin - 19/06/2021 - 01:33
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Lost World Revealed: 14,000-Year-Old Village on Triquet Island (Video)
... Native American Cultures Top image: Archaeologist John Maxwell passes up an artifact from the excavation site ...
Robbie Mitchell - 30/05/2023 - 01:53
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Medieval Tunnel Found Under Poland’s Famous Ducal Castle In Szczecin
... in a fire in 1551 but was rebuilt on the order of Prince John Frederick in the 16 th century. The air raids of World ...
ML Childs - 04/03/2021 - 17:32
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Dogs in the Middle Ages: What Medieval Writing Tells Us About Our Ancestors’ Pets
... Canibus, the 16th-century English physician and scholar John Caius described a hierarchy of dogs, which he classified ... Canibus , the 16th-century English physician and scholar John Caius described a hierarchy of dogs, which he classified ...
ancient origins - 27/01/2024 - 00:00
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Adam’s First Wife Lilith: Diabolical Demoness or the First Feminist?
... of a painting of Lilith, depicted with a serpent, by John Collier created in 1887. ( Public domain ) Was Lilith ...
Rabbi Allen Maller - 01/04/2023 - 02:00
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The Weird, Wonderful and Wicked Beings in Scandinavian Folklore
... Origins of the First Scandinavians Scandinavian trolls by John Bauer ( public domain ) The Seductive Huldra The ... mentioned in Scandinavian folklore. Top image: Painting by John Bauer of two trolls with a human child they have raised ...
dhwty - 01/04/2018 - 23:00
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Six Supremely Sadistic Deaths of Christian Martyrs
... always a good idea. Of the twelve apostles only one, John, made it to old age. All the others were executed. Of ... Antipas of Pergamum: Cooked Alive As mentioned above, John was the only apostle to make it to old age. That ... those who followed him were so lucky. Antipas was one of John’s followers. He was made the bishop of Pergamum ...
Robbie Mitchell - 26/12/2022 - 22:03