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What Happened to Pontius Pilate, the Man Who Killed Jesus?

What Happened to Pontius Pilate, the Man Who Condemned Jesus?

We are all familiar with Pontius Pilate, the man who condemned Jesus Christ to be crucified in Jerusalem. Or are we? While billions of people over the last two millennia have heard about his actions...

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The Original Pinocchio Was Too Evil for Disney

The Original Pinocchio Was Too Evil for Disney

In 1940 a new film was released by Walt Disney Productions, which sought to capitalize on the success of the studio's first feature film a few years earlier, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The new...

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Old women with tattoos characteristic for Croatian Catholics in Bosnia, 1930s - 1940s

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The fan vaults on the ceiling of Bath Abbey, 1500's. Photo by Angelo Hornak

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The fascinating history of the Molotov Cocktail

Molotov Cocktail: The Strange History Of This Iconic Weapon - History Defined

As long as there has been war, people have been throwing things at each other. If they explode or start a fire, then it's all the better from a military perspective. By the seventh century, the...

Weinhardt Mansion built in 1888 in Chicago, IL. Source: bit.ly/3voFEGP

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What Were Music and Instruments Like in Ancient Rome?

What Were Music and Instruments Like in Ancient Rome?

A visitor today to the ruins of the town of Pompeii, which was buried under volcanic ash and rock following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, will be confronted by many frescoes, mosaics, and...

Charlie Chaplin photographed with Winston Churchill on the set of the film “City Lights” in the United States, 1929

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Bookstore Lello & Irmão, Porto – 1906

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Was There A Real "Jack" From The Movie Titanic?

Was There A Real “Jack” From The Movie Titanic?

When Titanic was released in 1997, everyone was captivated by the love story between Jack and Rose. The historical movie became a sensation, and enthralled moviegoers focused on the couple's relati...

Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in a Mexico city jail, 1956

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The Fascinating History of Europe's Hellfire Clubs

The Fascinating History of Europe’s Hellfire Clubs

Eighteenth-century Europe was a period in which clubs and societies abounded. In an age before that most modern types of entertainment, the moving screen of cinema and television, many people spent...

Soviet ski troops by the Hermitage Museum during the Siege of Leningrad.

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Statue of Liberty, Paris, 1883.

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The strange origin of Humpty Dumpty.

The Strange Historical Origins of the Humpty Dumpty Nursery Rhyme

Nearly all children who grew up during the twentieth century are familiar with the nursery rhyme of Humpty Dumpty. This modern version of the short rhyme runs as follows: "Humpty Dumpty sat on a...

An ancient Egyptian Ring with Two ducks, Gold, Ramesses IV, New Kingdom Egypt, now in Louvre

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The horrific exorcism of Anneliese Michel

The Deadly Exorcism of Anneliese Michel, The Real Life Emily Rose

On June 1, 1976 a tragic exorcism began that would shake the Catholic Church and end in death. This is the story of Anneliese Michel.

A photo of an engineer wiring an early IBM computer, 1958 by Berenice Abbott.

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Great Pyramid and Sphinx, Egypt, 1873.

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Who were the Moirai, the Three Fates in Greek Mythology?

Who were the Moirai, the Three Fates of Greek Mythology?

In Ancient Greece, religious life, mythology, and literature were almost indistinguishable. Some of the earliest Greek writers, such as Homer, the quasi fabled author of the Illiad and the Odyssey,...

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A Hellenistic Greek cast glass pomegranate vase. 2nd-century BCE-1st century CE. Phoenix Ancient Art

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What really happened to Michael Rockefeller?

Did Cannibals really eat Michael Rockefeller?

On November 17, 1961, Michael Rockefeller disappeared in New Guinea. He was on an expedition to study the local tribes and their culture. The 23-year-old had been on a journey up the Aruwimi River...

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Walt Disney filming on a beach, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 1941

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A circular book dating back to 1590 CE held by the University of Forsberg, Germany.

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The Dark Side of Christmas...

The Darker Side of Christmas: The Origins and History of Krampusnacht

It is strange the traditions which survive over the centuries. For instance, most European countries and nations in the Americas continue to have a feast day around the last day of October or the...

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Willie Mays playing stickball with kids in Harlem in the 1950s.

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The "Tsar Bomba" test footage, 1961. This was the largest Nuclear test of all time. The mushroom cloud went 60 kilometers in the air and shattered windows 560 miles away.

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