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The Chinvat Bridge is the span between the world of the living and the afterlife in the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism. It is also known as Cinvat Bridge, Cinvad Bridge, and Chinvato Peretav. Every soul, after death...

Charlotte Corday (1768-1793) played a prominent role in the French Revolution (1789-1799) when she assassinated radical activist Jean-Paul Marat in his bathtub on 13 July 1793. Despite her aristocratic background, Corday was an...

Hafez of Shiraz (also given as Hafiz, l. 1315-1390) is considered the greatest of the Persian poets and among the most famous and admired writers in world literature. He is among the most often translated poets in the present day...

Saint Cuthbert (c. 634 - 20 March 687) was an Anglo-Saxon monk from the Kingdom of Northumbria, who became the bishop of Lindisfarne and one of the most important saints of the medieval church in England. He first became a monk...

The Goliad Massacre (27 March 1836) was the execution of 350-400 Texians, of the garrison of Fort Defiance at Goliad, by the Mexican Army under orders from Mexican President and General Antonio López de Santa Anna...

Samson was one of the last judges in the Hebrew Book of Judges who arose as a leader of the Jews when they settled in Canaan. He was a Nazirite, known for his incredible strength, the secret of which was discovered by Delilah who betrayed...

House of the Virgin Mary, photograph by Juan Ángel Piqueras, Mt. Koressos, Selçuk, İzmir, Turkey, 02 March 2026. The House of the Virgin Mary (Turkish: Meryem Ana Evi) is a Catholic shrine situated on Mount Koressos (Turkish...

Winged Nike relief, photograph by Juan Ángel Piqueras, Ephesus, Selçuk, İzmir, Türkiye, 2 March 2026. This marble relief of the Greek goddess of victory Nike (known to the Romans as Victoria) is dated to the 1st-2nd...

The Toledo Gate, photograph by Juan Ángel Piqueras, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, 13 July 2026. The Toledo Gate (Spanish: La Puerta de Toledo) in Ciudad Real is a significant example of military architecture...

White marble door of the Hagia Sophia, photograph by Juan Ángel Piqueras, Istanbul, 25 February, 2026. The Marble Door (also known as “Gate of Heaven and Hell”) in Hagia Sophia’s south upper gallery marks the threshold...