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12 hours ago · An ancient Greek figurine depicting an Amazon on horseback. Eskenazi Museum of Art. (Katolophyromai / Public Domain) Every year, both the Machlyes and Ausean tribes would join together in a rite of passage festival for the young women. It was an extravaganza of survival, a ceremony dedicated to their history and their goddess.
12 hours ago · J. R. R. Tolkien 's fantasy books on Middle-earth, especially The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, drew on a wide array of influences including language, Christianity, mythology, archaeology, ancient and modern literature, and personal experience. He was inspired primarily by his profession, philology; his work centred on the study of ...
2 hours ago · Myth #1: Humans don't need sunscreen, our ancestors never used it. "Our grandparents were half as likely to get skin and colon cancer as we are," said Will Lamb in a TikTok video against sunscreen ...
12 hours ago · 11: Rosetta Stone, Egypt. M Ramírez/Alamy. While not completely intact – it was once part of a larger slab – the Rosetta Stone remains clearly legible and is one of the most important ...
12 hours ago · Shinto. The torii gateway to the Itsukushima Shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, one of the most famous examples in the country. [1] Torii mark the entrance to Shinto shrines and are recognizable symbols of the religion. Shinto ( Japanese: 神道, romanized : Shintō) is a religion originating from Japan.
1 hour ago · Normani revealed that t wasn't easy for her to see both of her parents get diagnosed with cancer. The Love Lies singer said it impacted her creativity and productivity seeing her ailing parents ...
12 hours ago · Alfred was a son of Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, and his wife Osburh. According to his biographer, Asser, writing in 893, "In the year of our Lord's Incarnation 849 Alfred, King of the Anglo-Saxons", was born at the royal estate called Wantage, in the district known as Berkshire ("which is so called from Berroc Wood, where the box tree grows very abundantly").
