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1 day ago · The Olympic Games, like almost all Greek games, were an intrinsic part of a religious festival. They were held in honour of Zeus at Olympia by the city-state of Elis in the northwestern Peloponnese. The first Olympic champion listed in the records was Coroebus of Elis, a cook, who won the sprint race in 776 bce.
3 days ago · 432 BC; 2456 years ago: Destroyed: Partially in 1687: Height: 13.72 m (45.0 ft) Dimensions; Other dimensions: Cella: 29.8 by 19.2 m (98 by 63 ft) Technical details; Material: Pentelic Marble: Size: 69.5 by 30.9 m (228 by 101 ft) Floor area: 73 by 34 m (240 by 112 ft) Design and construction; Architect(s) Iktinos, Callicrates: Other designers
1 day ago · The Battle of Okinawa ( Japanese: 沖縄戦, Hepburn: Okinawa-sen), codenamed Operation Iceberg, [24] : 17 was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army. [25] [26] The initial invasion of Okinawa on 1 April 1945 was the largest ...
3 days ago · John Clanton. Aren Almon Kok (right) stands with her daughter Bella at Baylee Almon's chair that is part of the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, April 7 ...
1 day ago · In May 1988, Barre ordered Somali National Army fighter jets to level the city. The indiscriminate bombing and the carnage left in the wake left earned it the name "the Dresden of Africa." It is in this climate that on July 13, 1988, Ahmed Dheere was ordered to go on a bombing campaign in Hargeisa.
4 days ago · A selection of some of our top photography from around the world this week. In pictures: Deadly Israeli strike on U.N. school in Gaza June 6, 2024 · 16 photos. Our oddest photos of the week June ...
2 days ago · Mulan is a 1998 American animated musical coming-of-age action-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures.Based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, the film was directed by Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft (in their feature directorial debuts) and produced by Pam Coats, from a screenplay by Rita Hsiao, Chris Sanders, Philip LaZebnik, and the writing team of ...
