On Monday, Americans recalled 9/11 with moments of silence, emotional speeches, and calls for teaching younger generations about the attacks that occurred 22 years ago.
During the second World War, large-scale internment camps were a pretty grim reality in most countries, such as Nazi Germany, Soviet Union, the US and Japan.
Are you seeking a place of tranquility and spiritual peace? Look no further! The Chapel of the Milk Grotto is your haven. This holy site in Bethlehem is renowned for its divine serenity, profound history, and spiritual meaning.
Sure we all know the term “Dark Ages,” right? But you might be asking “why are they actually called the Dark Ages?” Could it be an era of no progress in knowledge, a period of economic downfall, or simply a gloomy time in history?
The Sphinx – Ancestor of Predynastic Times? The generally accepted theory by modern Egyptologists is that the Great Sphinx was built around 2500 BC. Then why are there speculations contradicting this assumption?The term ‘Sphinx’ was introduced 2,000 years after its assumed completion. What if the Sphinx came even much before that? There are persuasive indications…
After two days of diving, the Indonesian Navy confirmed the discovery of a warship’s wreckage in the waters separating the Central Javan islands of Nusakambangan and Cilacap. On Saturday (15/7) evening, about 21.00 WIB, reports of the discovery of a warship’s wreck began to circulate. Mukmin (35) and Surono (45), two fishermen from the Cilacap…
In southern Mexico, a deep earthen depression is said to have been the site of an elaborate network of tunnels constructed by the ancient Zapotecs who believed it to be the entrance to the underworld. The entrance, which is said to have been located beneath the Church of San Pablo, a Catholic church constructed in the 15th century, was later shut up by Spanish missionaries.
Napoleon was by no means an angel. But to contrast him with Hitler is inaccurate. These two individuals were very dissimilar, as anyone who takes history seriously would attest. The Napoleonic wars, which resulted in millions of deaths and widespread destruction, were obviously dreadful. And Napoleon has a big portion of the blame. Several of…
Someone who hid 44 gold pieces in a wall in the seventh century may have hoped to return and discover their treasure one day. Instead, the coins were discovered almost 1,400 years later by Israeli archaeologists, who welcomed the find as a rare peek into an ancient past during a time of violent invasion. The…
