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5 days ago · U.S. Public Health Service, 1941–45. The history of malaria extends from its prehistoric origin as a zoonotic disease in the primates of Africa through to the 21st century. A widespread and potentially lethal human infectious disease, at its peak malaria infested every continent except Antarctica. [1]
20 hours ago · Estimated to have employed over 100 scholars at its height [8] [9] The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. The library was part of a larger research institution called the Mouseion, which was dedicated to the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts. [10]
6 days ago · The tales in the compilation can be traced back to Arabic, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Indian, and Persian. There are many popular folktales included in this book, such as “Aladdin’s Wonderful Lamp”, “The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor”, and “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.”.
4 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.
5 days ago · The Vampire, by Philip Burne-Jones, 1897. A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living.In European folklore, vampires are undead humanoid creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods which they inhabited while they were alive.
20 hours ago · Broader canon. Bible portal. v. t. e. The Book of Enoch (also 1 Enoch; [a] Hebrew: סֵפֶר חֲנוֹךְ, Sēfer Ḥănōḵ; Ge'ez: መጽሐፈ ሄኖክ, Maṣḥafa Hēnok) is an ancient Hebrew apocalyptic religious text, ascribed by tradition to the patriarch Enoch who was the father of Methuselah and the great-grandfather of Noah.
5 days ago · The standard Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh was composed by a scribe named Sîn-lēqi-unninni, probably during the Middle Babylonian Period ( c. 1600 – c. 1155 BC ), based on much older source material. In the epic, Gilgamesh is a demigod of superhuman strength who befriends the wild man Enkidu.
