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1 day ago · Alabaster votive figurines from Yemen, now in the National Museum of Oriental Art, Rome Gilded statue of the Canaanite creator god El, BC. 1400–1200 El-Megiddo. El is considered the origin of the words Ilah and continues to appear in compound names such as Gabriel, Michael, Azrael, Ishmael, etc.
1 day ago · Early life (1732–1752) Further information: Washington family and British America Ferry Farm, the Washington family residence on the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, Virginia, where Washington spent much of his youth George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, [a] at Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the first of six children of Augustine and Mary Ball ...
2 hours ago · John Barnard Bush, 87, British farmer and public servant, lord lieutenant of Wiltshire (2004–2012). Peter C. Eagler, 69, American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly (2002–2006). Ron Ellis, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs), Stanley Cup champion .
2 hours ago · The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands') is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of the ...
1 day ago · List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present) " The Stolen Earth " is the twelfth episode of the fourth series and the 750th overall episode [3] of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 28 June 2008. [4] The episode was written by show runner and head writer Russell T Davies and is the ...
1 day ago · Survivor is a reality-competition television franchise produced in many countries around the world. The show features a group of contestants deliberately marooned in an isolated location, where they must provide basic survival necessities for themselves. The contestants compete in challenges for rewards and immunity from elimination.
1 day ago · Cobra ( Japanese: コブラ, Hepburn: Kobura) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Buichi Terasawa. Set in the far future, the series tells the story of Cobra, who lives an adventurous life until his enemies begin to hunt him down. Cobra surgically alters his face and erases his own memory to hide from his foes and have a ...
