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  • Zog I, the Albanian politician who convinced parliament to proclaim him king

  • 10 heroines of World War II

    10 heroines of World War II

  • How many times has the Vatican’s Swiss Guard come into combat?

    How many times has the Vatican’s Swiss Guard come into combat?

  • Agotes, the mysterious cursed race of the Basque-Navarrese Pyrenees

    Agotes, the mysterious cursed race of the Basque-Navarrese Pyrenees

  • The story of Halfdan, the son of Ragnar Lodbrok, who became the king of Northumbria

    The story of Halfdan, the son of Ragnar Lodbrok, who became the king of Northumbria

    We have published a series of articles here dedicated to analyzing the historical aspect of the characters from the television series Vikings. Among the sons…

  • When the Codex Overtook the Scroll as the Format for Books

    When the Codex Overtook the Scroll as the Format for Books

    Recently, following the article we published about the origins of the books in the Library of Alexandria, a somewhat finicky (and indeed quite mistaken) reader…

  • When the Olympic Games included competitions in architecture, painting, sculpture, literature, and music

    When the Olympic Games included competitions in architecture, painting, sculpture, literature, and music

    Jean Jacoby was a Luxembourgish painter; Alex Diggelmann, a Swiss poster artist; the Danish Josef Petersen was a writer; the Hungarian Alfréd Hajós, an architect;…

  • Celestine V, the pope who resigned and was imprisoned in a castle for the rest of his life

    Celestine V, the pope who resigned and was imprisoned in a castle for the rest of his life

    Times have changed, and social evolution makes it possible that, if in the past access to the throne of St. Peter was in the hands…

  • The oldest surviving text of Latin prose is a manual of agriculture and recipes, including the placenta cake

    The oldest surviving text of Latin prose is a manual of agriculture and recipes, including the placenta cake

    As we mentioned in a previous article, only one percent of all the literature produced by the Romans in Antiquity has survived to our days.…

  • The largest cave in the world is so high that it could house 40-story skyscrapers

    The largest cave in the world is so high that it could house 40-story skyscrapers

    In the year 1991, a man named Hồ Khanh discovered a cavity in the Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng park on the coast of Vietnam, about 500…

  • Cesare Borgia, Machiavelli’s model for his Renaissance prince and alleged inspiration for Leonardo’s face of Christ

    Cesare Borgia, Machiavelli’s model for his Renaissance prince and alleged inspiration for Leonardo’s face of Christ

    Cesare Borgia, commonly known as the Duke of Valentinois, gained his state through his father’s fortune, and lost it with that same fortune, despite employing…

  • When it became fashionable in England to have a hermit living in the garden

    When it became fashionable in England to have a hermit living in the garden

    How did the tradition of garden gnomes begin? Who came up with the idea of decorating the green area of the home with figurines, some…

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Archaeology


  • The oldest bridge in the world, in the Sumerian city of Ngirsu

    The oldest bridge in the world, in the Sumerian city of Ngirsu

  • Kurkh Monolith, the first documentary reference to Israel and the Arabs

    Kurkh Monolith, the first documentary reference to Israel and the Arabs

  • When Cicero found Archimedes’ tomb in Syracuse.

    When Cicero found Archimedes’ tomb in Syracuse.

Culture


  • The Russian novel that inverts the roles in The Lord of the Rings: Sauron and the orcs are the good ones

    The Russian novel that inverts the roles in The Lord of the Rings: Sauron and the orcs are the good ones

  • Mellification, the process of dissolving a human body in honey to create a healing confection

    Mellification, the process of dissolving a human body in honey to create a healing confection

  • Albinoni’s Adagio was composed by the Italian musicologist Remo Giazotto in 1945.

    Albinoni’s Adagio was composed by the Italian musicologist Remo Giazotto in 1945.

  • The controversial right of the prisoner to escape, which is not a crime in countries such as Germany or Belgium

    The controversial right of the prisoner to escape, which is not a crime in countries such as Germany or Belgium

History


  • The irreverent letter the Cossacks wrote to the Ottoman Sultan in 1676

    The irreverent letter the Cossacks wrote to the Ottoman Sultan in 1676

  • The monumental rock relief excavated by the Hittites on Mount Sipylus more than 3,000 years ago

    The monumental rock relief excavated by the Hittites on Mount Sipylus more than 3,000 years ago

  • The sinking of the San Diego, the Spanish galleon that carried Japanese mercenaries to stop a Dutch invasion

    The sinking of the San Diego, the Spanish galleon that carried Japanese mercenaries to stop a Dutch invasion

  • The prank that caused the losing of the throne and the end of his dynasty to the Chinese king You

    The prank that caused the losing of the throne and the end of his dynasty to the Chinese king You

Antiquity


  • The prank that caused the losing of the throne and the end of his dynasty to the Chinese king You

    The prank that caused the losing of the throne and the end of his dynasty to the Chinese king You

  • Kurkh Monolith, the first documentary reference to Israel and the Arabs

    Kurkh Monolith, the first documentary reference to Israel and the Arabs

  • The huge island mentioned by Herodotus that disappeared from maps in the 15th century

    The huge island mentioned by Herodotus that disappeared from maps in the 15th century

Art


  • The ancient sculptors of the stone heads and potbellies of Monte Alto, Guatemala, knew the magnetic properties of the rocks

    The ancient sculptors of the stone heads and potbellies of Monte Alto, Guatemala, knew the magnetic properties of the rocks

  • How Galileo Galilei made calculations for the Statue of Philip IV in Madrid

    How Galileo Galilei made calculations for the Statue of Philip IV in Madrid

  • World’s oldest portrait, carved in ivory 26,000 years ago

    World’s oldest portrait, carved in ivory 26,000 years ago

  • Simonetta Vespucci, the muse who was a model both for Botticelli and many others, died at the age of 23

    Simonetta Vespucci, the muse who was a model both for Botticelli and many others, died at the age of 23

Middle Ages


  • Christine de Pizan, the first professional female writer in the Late Middle Ages and a forerunner of feminism

    Christine de Pizan, the first professional female writer in the Late Middle Ages and a forerunner of feminism

  • Valknut, the Nordic symbol whose original meaning and name are unknown

    Valknut, the Nordic symbol whose original meaning and name are unknown

  • When Peter I of Portugal ordered the exhumation of his deceased wife to crown her queen

    When Peter I of Portugal ordered the exhumation of his deceased wife to crown her queen

  • The sword embedded in the rock of the precipice of Rocamadour for 9 centuries

    The sword embedded in the rock of the precipice of Rocamadour for 9 centuries

WWII


  • Kohima, the fiery battle that prevented the Japanese from invading India.

    Kohima, the fiery battle that prevented the Japanese from invading India.

  • The World War II airmen who survived falls from thousands of feet high.

    The World War II airmen who survived falls from thousands of feet high.

  • The Japanese ambassador to Berlin who involuntarily made Normandy landings easier to the Allies

    The Japanese ambassador to Berlin who involuntarily made Normandy landings easier to the Allies

Geography


  • The highest mountain on Earth that no one has ever climbed

    The highest mountain on Earth that no one has ever climbed

  • In 1982 the Itaipu Dam destroyed the Guaíra Falls, the largest waterfalls in the world

    In 1982 the Itaipu Dam destroyed the Guaíra Falls, the largest waterfalls in the world

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    10 amazing geographical facts

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