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Pubs remain a prominent feature of the rural and urban landscapes of Britain, but their names very often date back to medieval times. Red lions, white horses, and colourful characters peer from pub signs as landlords choose names to represent...

The Battle of Franklin (30 November 1864) was a major battle in the western theater of the American Civil War (1861-1865). In his push to liberate Nashville from Northern occupation, Confederate Lieutenant General John Bell Hood invaded Tennessee...

Women in the New Testament are presented for the most part along the contours of both Jewish and Greco-Roman concepts of the social construction of gender roles. Women’s value to society was in their role in procreation. There are some exceptions...

Christmas carols are a much-loved part of the Christmas season and while many have a long history, others are surprisingly recent. From medieval dancing songs to the 19th-century revival, the words and music of carols have evolved over time...

A posthumous portrait of Cleopatra VII. The portrait dates to the 1st century CE and was found at Herculaneum, preserved from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. It is housed at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

Statue of Horus, black granite statue. Temple of Edfu, Egypt, 07 September, 2025. A colossal 3.2 meters (10.50 ft) tall black granite statue of Horus as a falcon wearing the double crown (Upper and Lower Egypt) embodying the majesty of the...

An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing a cherub. These multi-headed beings appear in Abrahamic religions where they often function as attendant angels. From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

Lake Guatavita (Spanish: Laguna de Guatavita), Cundinamarca, Colombia. The site of the Muisca tribe ritual and the birthplace of the myth of El Dorado. One of the most important sites in South America.

A statue of the snake god Glycon, whose cult became popular in the 2nd-century CE Roman Empire. The Roman satirist Lucian credits the founding of the cult to the mystic and apparent oracle Alexander of Abonoteichus. Museum of National History...

Annunciation, tempera on panel by Fra Angelico, 1430. Museo della Basilica di Santa Maria delle Grazie, San Giovanni Valdarno.