Tag: ancient history
Zhang Heng is stranger than it sounds.
Zhang Heng, courtesy name Pingzi, formerly romanized Chang Heng, was a Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty.
The facts behind Nebra sky disc.
The Nebra sky disc is a bronze disc of around 30 cm (12 in) diameter and a weight of 2.2 kg (4.9 lb), having a blue-green patina and…
The facts behind Alex Wharf.
Alexander George Wharf is an English cricket umpire and former international cricketer.
The sourced background on Caratunk Falls Archeological District.
The Caratunk Falls Archeological District is a complex of prehistoric and historic archaeological sites in the Solon, Maine area.
The sourced background on Sande, Vestland.
Sande is a village in Sunnfjord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.
Mink Peeters still raises strange questions.
Mink Martin Peeters is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Harry Churchill Beet: what actually happened.
Harry Churchill Beet VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can…
Kelechi Amadi-Obi is stranger than it sounds.
Kelechi Amadi-Obi is a Nigerian creative photographer, painter, artist and the publisher of Mania Magazine.
Nasnas is stranger than it sounds.
In Arab culture, the nasnās is a monopod, a monstrous creature.
Anvil-Dragoon: The Second D-Day still raises strange questions.
Anvil-Dragoon: The Second D-Day is a board wargame published by JagdPanther Publications in 1976 that simulates the Allied landings in southern France in August 1944 during World War…