Chinese pyromancy is the ancient art of divination through fire, or, in other words, seeing the future through burning things….
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The Indestructible Stars The Indestructibles, known in ancient Egypt as “k.hmw-sk” or “the ones not knowing destruction,” referred to two…
De Rebus Bellicis is a fascinating work from the late Roman Empire, written around the 4th or 5th century AD….
One autumn day in 1976, a Soviet pilot made a decision that helped change the course of the Cold War….
On the night of October 21st, 1904, the Imperial Russian Navy made a mistake so grave that it nearly landed…
It is often said that the Native American peoples of the great plains of North America were, and are, in…
In 146 BC, the city of Corinth burned. Lucius Mummius Achaicus, statesman of the Roman Republic and Consul for that…
It was the Italian scholar Petrarch who first coined the term “Dark Age” in the way we understand it. The…
In April 1896 the illustrious Louvre Museum in Paris made an announcement that shook the world of archaeology. The museum…
The Kingdom of the Suebi also referred to as Kingdom of Galicia was a kingdom that sprung up after the…