Category: History
The real story behind Offa’s imitation dinar.
In the late 8th century, King Offa of Mercia issued a coin inspired by an Abbasid gold dinar.
The surprising truth about Roanoke Island, North Carolina, half dollar.
The Roanoke Island, North Carolina, half dollar is a commemorative coin issued by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1937.
The sourced background on Henry Leavenworth.
Henry Leavenworth was an American soldier active in the War of 1812 and early military expeditions against the Native American people living on the plains.
Kukudakhandi is not quite what it seems.
Kukudakhandi popularly known as KKD is one of the significant villages in the Kukudakhandi Tehsil of Ganjam district in the Indian State of Odisha.
The sourced background on Sarvavijnanakosam.
Sarvavijnanakosam, known in English as the Malayalam Encyclopaedia, is a general encyclopedia in the Malayalam language.
Why Narayana Upanishad still gets people talking.
The Narayana Upanishad is one of the minor Upanishads, listed as number 18 in the extended anthology of 108 Upanishads recited by Rama to Hanuman in Hindu literature.
Battle of Rafah is stranger than it sounds.
The Battle of Rafah (2009) took place between Hamas and Jund Ansar Allah in the Rafah Governorate of the Gaza Strip.
Kwadacha still raises strange questions.
Kwadacha, also known as Fort Ware or simply Ware, is an aboriginal community in northern British Columbia, Canada, located in the Rocky Mountain Trench at the confluence of…
The simple version of Stanislava Konstantinova.
Stanislava Andreyevna Konstantinova is a retired Russian figure skater.
An ancient Greek device worked like an astronomy calculator.
Discover the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek analog computer that used gears to predict astronomical events over 2,000 years ago.