We use research papers. Contents may vary from etymology to historical figures.
The LGM-30 Minuteman is a critical component of the United States’ nuclear arsenal, and one that has played a major role in maintaining global stability since the height of the…
στόλος Ρωμαίων πυρπολῶν τὸν τῶν ἐναντίων στόλον – “The Roman fleet burn the opposite fleet down” – A Byzantine ship using Greek fire against a ship belonging to the rebel…
Egyptian mummy seller (1875, Félix Bonfils) C. 1991 – 1802 BC. The ancient Egyptians began to use bitumen for embalming mummies during the Twelfth Dynasty. C. 50 – 70 AD. The Greek physician Pedanius Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica ranked…
Alexander the Great Cutting the Gordian Knot (1767) by Jean-François Godefroy. The Gordian Knot is a legend of Phrygian Gordium associated with Alexander the Great. It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem (untying an impossibly tangled…
Composite image of all sides of a 12mm (½”) Roman dice, found in Leicestershire, England 3100 BC. Bone dice from Skara Brae. Before 3000 BC. A two-sided die was used to play Senet in Egypt.…