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Mummification is the natural or artificial preservation of the soft tissue of a dead body. Natural mummification can happen in extremely cold, dry, or anaerobic conditions. Perhaps the most famous example of a natural mummy preserved in ice...

Scandinavians from the island of Gotland began to spread throughout the Baltic region along the Russian rivers in the 700s. While the Vikings of Norway and Denmark from the 8th to 11th centuries are widely recognized as fearsome raiders and...

World War I was very hard on the Russian Empire. So hard, in fact, that it led to the end of the Russian Empire. As the global conflict ground on, Tsar Nicholas II faced increasing unrest at home. Today we'll learn about the Revolutions of...

Cathedral of St. Sophia, Kyiv, founded in 1011 by the Great Duke of Kyiv Vladimir the Great (958 - c. 1015). It is the most ancient and fully preserved church of Eastern Europe. Inside the cathedral, there are plenty of well-preserved mosaics...

Dive into the Norse myth of how Loki tricked a stranger into building the great wall of Asgard to keep the realm safe from giants. — Asgard, a realm of wonders, was where the Norse Gods made their home. There Odin's great hall of Valhalla...