Knights were the medieval equivalent of elite soldiers, and many of these armoured warriors have earned a place in the ...

For more than 4,000 years, humans have devised new laws in an effort to create better societies. However, history is full of laws so bizarre or brutal that they can be very difficult to understand ...

In many derogatory titles that had little to do with the actual inhabitants of the area, Tartaria became the most popular term for Central Asia and Siberia in European sources. European knowledge of ...

Kalasiris was a thin, form-fitting dress made of nearly transparent linen that was worn by women in ancient Egypt, both in the court and among the upper class, as well as by farmers and artisans. The ...

Planned for Tokyo Bay, Japan, the Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid is a massive metropolis in the form of a gigantic pyramid. The Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid is 6,575 feet (2,004 meters) tall, or roughly 14 ...

The spontoon is a pole weapon that was commonly used in Europe from the 17th to the 19th centuries. It was a long polearm, often exceeding 80 inches in length, with a sharp tip and an inverted ...

Michele Besso was born to Italian Jewish parents Giuseppe Besso and Arminia (née Cantoni) in the Zurich neighborhood of Riesbach. The family relocated to Zurich so that the father could take a job ...

During the era of Augustus and Julius Caesar, which was towards the end of the 1st century BC, records show that the value of a 20-year-old male slave in Rome was around 500 denarii (singular: ...

Thökk prevents the return of the god Baldur from the realm of the dead of Hel. In this story, Loki is responsible for the death of the deity Baldur. Baldur now lives in the underworld of Hel, much to ...

In the city of Şanlıurfa, Turkey, a prehistoric anthropomorphic figure known as the Urfa Man (Turkish: Urfa Adamı), or Balıklıgöl Statue, was uncovered during construction work. The age of the Urfa ...