May 28, 2020 · While most astronomers would agree that May 28, 585 BC, is the most likely candidate date for Thales’ predicted eclipse, a Wired article says this famous astronomical event has been debated by hundreds of scholars for nearly two millennia and that some authorities believe Thales’ eclipse may have occurred 25 years earlier in 610 BC. But the reason most …

May 09, 2019 · 15 September, 2021 - 02:00 dhwty. The Code of Ur-Nammu: When Ancient Sumerians Laid Down the Law, Everyone Obeyed. The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest surviving law code. This text was written on clay tablets in the Sumerian language and is reckoned to have been produced towards the end of the 3rd millennium BC...

Mar 25, 2017 · Updated 25 March, 2017 - 21:09 dhwty. 20,000 Women and 100,000 Castrated Men to Serve the Emperor: The Imperial Harem of China. Read Later ; Print. In Imperial China, one of the important tasks that the emperor needed to do was to ensure the continuation of the dynasty, which was achieved by the production of a male heir. For this purpose, the ...

Nov 09, 2018 · Updated 9 November, 2018 - 22:54 dhwty. The Council of Nicaea: Pagan Emperor Constantine Used Christianity to Unify Church and State. Read Later ; Print. The Council of Nicaea (also known as the First Council of Nicaea) was the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. This council, which was convened in 325 AD, was assembled by the ...

Dec 29, 2018 · Updated 29 December, 2018 - 22:52 dhwty. The Khazars: A Forgotten Medieval Empire that Ruled the Northern Caucasus. Read Later ; Print "The Khazar people were an unusual phenomenon for Medieval times. Surrounded by savage and nomadic tribes, they had all the advantages of the developed countries: structured government, vast and prosperous ...

May 08, 2017 · 11 April, 2022 - 14:58 dhwty. Brutal Draconian Laws of Ancient Greece Were Etched in Blood. Athens is perhaps most famous for being the birthplace of democracy. One of the cornerstones for the establishment of Athenian democracy was the introduction of a written law code that could only be...

Mar 25, 2018 · Momia Juanita (‘Mummy Juanita’) is the name given to the mummy of a 15th century Incan girl who was discovered in Peru in 1995. She is known also as the ‘Lady of Ampato’, and the ‘Inca Ice Maiden’, the first because she was found on the top of Mount Ampato, a dormant volcano in the Andes, and the second because her body was preserved due to the frigid …

Nov 03, 2020 · DHWTY: Great article. As a Folklorist, I have always loved a fictional account you might not have seen. The magazine, ‘Saturday Evening Post,’ in the June 24th, 1961 issue, published a fascinating ‘take’ on the famed story of the Pied Piper & missing children of Hamelin.

Jun 29, 2022 · The ruling classes enforce regnal authority through artifacts, ceremonies, customs, and language, cementing the power of the king. The king, who is referred to as Yang di-Pertuan Agong, literally ‘He Who is Made Lord’, is selected to be the chief of the state of Malaysia and is expected to gracefully hand over the crown to the sultan of another royal family after 5 years.

Jul 19, 2018 · 13 April, 2018 - 22:02 dhwty The Hippie Town of Calcata - Hiding-Place of the Holy Foreskin of Christ One of the most important relics in Christendom, the Holy Prepuce (Jesus’s circumcised foreskin) put this clifftop town on the map in …