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3 days ago · Map designating “savage,” “barbarous,” and “enlightened” regions of the world, from William C. Woodbridge's Modern Atlas (1835). (more) By the 19th century, racism had matured and spread around the world.
1 day ago · Although used for the first time as a symbol of international antisemitism by far-right Romanian politician A. C. Cuza prior to World War I, it was a symbol of auspiciousness and good luck for most of the Western world until the 1930s, when the German Nazi Party adopted the swastika as an emblem of the Aryan race.
3 days ago · History of lesbianism. Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, Two women. Italian Renaissance engraving. Statue of two ancient Egyptian women, Idet and Ruiu, depicted in a form typical of married couples, Museo Egizio. [1] Lesbianism is the sexual and romantic desire between women.
3 days ago · In Greek mythology, Atlas (/ ˈ æ t l ə s /; Greek: Ἄτλας, Átlas) is a Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity after the Titanomachy. Atlas also plays a role in the myths of two of the greatest Greek heroes: Heracles (Hercules in Roman mythology) and Perseus.
10 hours ago · Rangi and Papa. One of the creation stories told by the Maori people of Oceania concerns two celestial beings known as Rangi (Sky-Father) and Papa (Earth-Mother). Since the beginning of time ...
3 days ago · Page from the Gospel of Judas. Mandaean Beth Manda ( Mashkhanna) in Nasiriyah, southern Iraq in 2016, a contemporary-style mandi. Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek: γνωστικός, romanized: gnōstikós, Koine Greek: [ɣnostiˈkos], 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and systems that coalesced in the late 1st century AD ...
2 days ago · Witchcraft, as most commonly understood in both historical and present-day communities, is the use of alleged supernatural powers of magic. A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft. Traditionally, "witchcraft" means the use of magic or supernatural powers to inflict harm or misfortune on others, and this remains the most common and widespread ...
