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A map indicating in red the area of influence and control by the White Huns (Hephthalites) c. 500 CE.

Sophie Hinerangi (c. 1834-1911), known as Guide Sophia on the pink and white terraces, destroyed when Mount Tarawera erupted in 1886. Photograph taken in January 1885.

Men, women, and children looking to practice their religion in peace… viciously slaughtered. Surely, that couldn't have happened in a country built on principles of freedom? #History #Massacre #Religion Setting the stage | 0:00 Utah...

The Baker-Fancher party, composed of families from Arkansas, enters the Utah Territory and sets up camp at Mountain Meadows. Mormon militiamen, provoked by the rhetoric of Brigham Young, attack the emigrants while disguised as Native Americans...

After a long hiatus, Soothing Stories is back! This time, Megan reads the legend of Lugalbanda and the Mountain Cave, in which Lugalbanda manages to not die! Translation from ETCSL: http://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr1821.htm

An illustration from the Khamsa (Quintet) by the Indian poet Amir Khusrau (1253–1325). The scene shows (on the right) Alexander the Great, who in Khusrau’s work travels extensively, including in search of spritiual enlightenment. The Greek...

Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux warrior and chief White Bull (l. 1849-1947) in 1926 at the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Photo by Earl Alonzo Brininstool.

On September 11, 1857, one of the most horrendous crimes of the old west took place, when over 120 members of a wagon train bound for California were killed in cold blood in southwestern Utah. This event, which is little remembered today...

The White Tower is the symbol of Thessaloniki, Greece. During the Ottoman occupation of the city, it was used as a prison. The White Tower was constructed in the 15th century, following the Ottoman conquest of Thessaloniki in 1430. The tower...

Painting by John Hoyte (1835-1913) of the world-famous pink and white terraces of New Zealand that were destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1886. Sarjeant Gallery, Te Whare o Rehua, Whanganui.