The Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula ("St Peter in chains") is the former parish church of the Tower of London.It is situated within the Tower's Inner Ward, and the current building dates from 1520, although the church was established several centuries earlier.It is a royal peculiar, under the jurisdiction of the monarch.The chapel's name refers to Saint Peter's imprisonment under …

The myth of the flat Earth, or the flat earth error, is a modern historical misconception that European scholars and educated people during the Middle Ages believed the Earth to be flat.. The earliest clear documentation of the idea of a spherical Earth comes from the ancient Greeks (5th century BC).The belief was widespread in the Greek world when Eratosthenes calculated the …

Thebes (Arabic: طيبة, Ancient Greek: Θῆβαι, Thēbai), known to the ancient Egyptians as Waset, was an ancient Egyptian city located along the Nile about 800 kilometers (500 mi) south of the Mediterranean.Its ruins lie within the modern Egyptian city of Luxor.Thebes was the main city of the fourth Upper Egyptian nome (Sceptre nome) and was the capital of Egypt for long periods …

The history of Austria covers the history of Austria and its predecessor states, from the Early Stone Age to the present state. The name Ostarrîchi (Austria) has been in use since 996 AD when it was a margravate of the Duchy of Bavaria and from 1156 an independent duchy (later archduchy) of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (Heiliges Römisches Reich …

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. objął urząd prezydenta Filipin () R. Kelly, amerykański muzyk R&B, otrzymał wyrok 30 lat więzienia za przestępstwa seksualne, handel kobietami i dziećmi w celach seksualnych i prowadzenie zorganizowanej działalności przestępczej (); Zmarli: Janusz Kupcewicz • Robert Curl • Peter Brook (na zdjęciu) • Richard Taruskin • Kazimierz Zimny • Eeles ...

The nipple is a raised region of tissue on the surface of the breast from which, in females, milk leaves the breast through the lactiferous ducts to feed an infant. The milk can flow through the nipple passively or it can be ejected by smooth muscle contractions that occur along with the ductal system. The nipple is surrounded by the areola, which is often a darker colour than the …

Storia Origini. I Romanov hanno la loro origine assieme a due dozzine di altre famiglie nobili russe: il loro antenato comune più antico è Andrej Kobyla, attestato come boiardo al servizio di Simeone di Russia.Le generazioni successive hanno trovato a Kobyla illustri antenati ed un libro di genealogia di XVIII secolo sostiene che era figlio del principe prussiano Glanda Kambila, giunto …

1911 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1911th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 911th year of the 2nd millennium, the 11th year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of 1911, the Gregorian calendar was 13 …

成立 『古今和歌集』は仮名で書かれた仮名序と真名序 の二つの序文を持つが、仮名序によれば、醍醐天皇の勅命により『万葉集』に撰ばれなかった古い時代の歌から撰者たちの時代までの和歌を撰んで編纂し、延喜5年（905年）4月18日に奏上された 。 ただし現存する『古今和歌集』に …

Etimologia e derivazioni in altre lingue. La parola "tè" deriva dalla resa tê (pronuncia tei) del carattere cinese 茶 nel dialetto min meridionale diffuso nel sud del Fujian e a Taiwan.Da questa pronuncia cinese derivano, con lievi varianti, le parole per tè in: malese, danese, inglese, spagnolo, svedese, yiddish, ebraico, cingalese, tamil, finlandese, francese, italiano, lettone, tedesco ...