Scientists Are Investigating a Puzzling Underground ‘Anomaly’ Near the Giza Pyramids Giza Pyramids. smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/alo…

Today is #WorldBeeDay ! 🐝

A solid gold Minoan pendant depicting two bees clutching a honeycomb, Old Palace cemetery at Chrysolakkos near Malia, Crete, 1800-1700 BCE.

Herakleion Archaeological Museum, Crete. worldhistory.org/image/885/mino…

A Story of Faith is a legend of the Pawnee nation similar in theme to The Boy Who Was Sacrificed and featuring the same sacred animals – the Nahu'rac – who serve Ti-ra'wa ('Father Above') from their homes in five mystical... #History #Pawnee worldhistory.org/article/2456/a…

Sir Martin Frobisher (c. 1535-1594 CE) was an Elizabethan adventurer and explorer who embarked on three expeditions in the 1570s CE to chart the waters of the North American Arctic and find the Northwest Passage to Asia. Unsuccessful...worldhistory.org/ci/1-18998-en/

Today in #history : The Battle of Dun Nechtain is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated. (685 CE). #OnThisDay

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Herod's Harbor was a giant port built between 22 and 15 BCE by Herod the Great (r. 37-4 BCE), Rome's client king. Situated on the lower eastern Mediterranean coast north of Alexandria and south of Tyre, with Rome's largess and building...worldhistory.org/ci/2-2269-en/

Today in #history : The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. (325 CE). #OnThisDay

A Davy lamp, a safety lamp designed by Humphrey Davy (1778-1820) in 1815 for coal miners. #History #Coal #Mining

Xenophon's Defense of Socrates (c. 371 BCE) is a passage from the Memorabilia of Xenophon (l. 430 to c. 354 BCE) in which he addresses the teachings and actions of Socrates of Athens and denounces the charges against him as unjust...worldhistory.org/ci/2-152-en/

Herod's Harbor was a giant port built between 22 and 15 BCE by Herod the Great (r. 37-4 BCE), Rome's client king. Situated on the lower eastern Mediterranean coast north of Alexandria and south of Tyre, with Rome's largess and building...worldhistory.org/ci/2-2269-en/

The Rollright Stones is the collective name for a group of enigmatic prehistoric monuments located next to an ancient ridgeway known as the Jurassic Way, on the border between the English counties of Oxfordshire and Warwickshire...worldhistory.org/ci/2-903-en/

Alpine stilt houses are a unique and fascinating aspect of prehistoric architecture in the Alps, which provide valuable insights into the lives and culture of the ancient communities. The houses were built by prehistoric communities...worldhistory.org/ci/2-2151-en/

Today in #history : Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest. (1536 CE).

👑 The execution of Anne, a final brutal act of an ill-fated marriage, left Henry free to marry his third wife, Jane Seymour, and continue his

Today in #history : Catherine of Aragon is married by proxy to Arthur, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13, and Arthur is 12. (1499 CE). #OnThisDay

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Baalbek is an ancient Phoenician city located in what is now modern-day Lebanon, north of Beirut, in the Beqaa Valley. Inhabited as early as 9000 BCE, Baalbek grew into an important pilgrimage site in the ancient world for the worship...worldhistory.org/ci/1-500-en/

Byzantine art (4th - 15th century CE) is generally characterised by a move away from the naturalism of the Classical tradition towards the more abstract and universal, there is a definite preference for two-dimensional representations...worldhistory.org/ci/1-12725-en/

Sumer was the southernmost region of ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq and Kuwait) which is generally considered the cradle of civilization. The name comes from Akkadian, the language of the north of Mesopotamia, and means “land...worldhistory.org/ci/1-114-en/

Alpine stilt houses are a unique and fascinating aspect of prehistoric architecture in the Alps, which provide valuable insights into the lives and culture of the ancient communities. The houses were built by prehistoric communities...worldhistory.org/ci/2-2151-en/

John Rackham (d. 1720), also known as Jack Rackham or 'Calico Jack' for his preference for cotton clothing, was an English pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy (1690-1730). Rackham took over the pirate crew of Charles Vane (d...worldhistory.org/ci/1-19989-en/

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