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White Bull
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White Bull

White Bull (Tatanka Ska, l. 1849-1947) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux warrior, nephew of Sitting Bull (l. c. 1837-1890), who is among the many claimed to have killed Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer (l. 1839-1876) at the Battle of...
Sitting Bull
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Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotanka, l. c. 1837-1890) was a Hunkpapa Sioux holy man, warrior, leader, and symbol of traditional Sioux values and resistance to the United States' expansionist policies. He is among the best-known Native...
Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven
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Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven

Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven is a Sumerian poem relating the event, now famous from The Epic of Gilgamesh, in which the goddess Inanna/Ishtar sends the celestial bull to attack Gilgamesh after he has rejected...
Charles A. Eastman on Sitting Bull
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Charles A. Eastman on Sitting Bull

In his Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains (1916), Sioux author and physician Charles A. Eastman (also known as Ohiyesa, l. 1858-1939), includes a brief biography of the Sioux chief Sitting Bull (l. c. 1837-1890...
Apis
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Apis

Apis was the most important and highly regarded bull deity of ancient Egypt. His original name in Egyptian was Api, Hapi, or Hep; Apis is the Greek name. He is not, however, associated with the god Hapi/Hep who was linked to the inundation...
First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas)
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First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) - The Wake-Up Call for Both Sides in the American Civil War

The First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) on 21 July 1861 was the first major battle of the American Civil War and a wake-up call for both sides which, until...
Bull’s Head Rhyton from Knossos
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Bull’s Head Rhyton from Knossos

Bull’s head rhyton from the palace at Knossos in Crete. The carving, from a single block of black steatite, is remarkable for it was worked with great precision to render the natural features of the real animal. The...
Bull Head Rhyton with Dancer & Tympanon
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Bull Head Rhyton with Dancer & Tympanon

Apulian red-figure drinking-vessel from c. 360 BCE, attributed to the Illupersis Painter of South Italy (active c. 375-350 BCE), The J. Paul Getty Collection, Malibu, no. 71.AE.196 Horn-shape drinking vessels...
Bull's head from the Temple of Ninhursag
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Bull's head from the Temple of Ninhursag

This head is part of a copper alloy bull in the round. This is the best preserved bull of four similar bulls found and it is the only one which kept its head. Early Dynastic Period, circa 2500 BCE. From the...
Bull's Head Architectural Decoration from Ulpia Oescus
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Bull's Head Architectural Decoration from Ulpia Oescus

Bull's Head Architectural Decoration from Ulpia Oescus, photograph by Carole Raddato, Bulgaria, 02 April, 2018. Carved bull's head decorating an architectural block from Ulpia Oescus, near modern...
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