History, Myths, Legends & Mysteries (be45) 561

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@Bebana · 11 months ago
Old fortress cities in today's Serbia - part 1
Serbia is rich in many hidden treasures, as well as significant historical monuments and buildings. Our country has a great cultural and historical heritage, so it's not surprising at all that the rem...
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@CEO. · 1 year ago
the treasure book
At the beginning of the second century, she was a Christian, a miserably poor widow, exhausted by old age and privations, was dying in a marginal neighborhood of Baghdad, Persia. She knew that death w...
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@CEO. · 1 year ago
Mind Computer
What was science fiction yesterday is reality today. In 1939, an electrical genius, the Hungarian Serbian Nikola Tesla, predicted that the time would come in the far future when human beings could act...
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@CEO. · 1 year ago
Cockroach
They were already old when the first dinosaurs were born 240 million years ago, they saw the Andes rise and witnessed several ice ages their penetrating and impassive eyes have contemplated the slow a...
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@CEO. · 1 year ago
Human Diamonds
Diamonds Are Forever is the title of one of the James Bond films the character created by Ian Fleming was also and perhaps still is the advertising slogan of the Bears Diamond Consortium now and accor...
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@lonestranger · 1 year ago
The "Boxer Codex"
One of the most important primary sources our country Philippines has ever had for the study of valuable history is the Boxer Codex , also referred to as the Manila Manuscript. If it's your first t...
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@lonestranger · 1 year ago
Primary Sources
Our past truly molded the present and the near future to come. Yet, how was it possible for us to connect with such from even greatly thousands of years ago? Two words, 15 letters— Primary Sources ....
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@Ezegburugburu · 1 year ago
Untold Stories About Cleopatra
Does the phrases "harlot," "selfishness," "seductress," and "mistress" all spring to mind when you hear the name Cleopatra?I'm sure it does. What about her intelligence? Slightly or maybe nothing...
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@beyourself · 1 year ago
The Social Classes of Ancient Greek
Although male citizens were in the majority with their full legal position, right to vote, holding public office, holding property, the social groups that formed the typical Greek city-state or polis...
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@beyourself · 1 year ago
Pandora-The First Woman of Greek Mythology
Pandora is considered the first woman from Greek mythology. He is also a figure who is held responsible for unleashing all the evils of humanity into the world as an instrument of Zeus' wrath. Pandor...
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@beyourself · 1 year ago
Dionysos-Greek Mythological God of Wine
Dionysus (Roman name: Bacchus, also known as Dionysus) was the ancient Greek god of wine, entertainment and theater. As the bad boy of Mount Olympus, he was perhaps the most colorful of the Olympian...
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@ceky321 · 1 year ago
Woman called Calamity Jane
In the company of legends of the Wild West, such as Bill Hickok, Jesse James and Wyatt Earp, there was also one woman - the one who was anxiously called Calamity Jane and who could match any cowboy, w...
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@beyourself · 1 year ago
Asgard,Jotunheim and more...
Hello, I wrote you a brief summary of these nine realms in my last post, now it's time to detail them all :) Asgard In fact, Asgard is thought to be part of the human world, but Snorri positions...
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@beyourself · 1 year ago
The Nine Worlds-Norse Mythology
In the Scandinavian universe, the universe is divided into nine. The center of the universe was Yggdrasil, the great world tree, and these nine realms came into being, extending from the roots of the...
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@ceky321 · 1 year ago
Swimming to Antarctica. and other record breaking Swims by Lynne Cox
The epic story of Lynne Cox, one of the world’s greatest long distance swimmers ever who traveled the world to swim places no-one had ever swam before. Her mission to swim the world’s most treacherous...
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@beyourself · 1 year ago
Greek Goddess-Artemis
Artemis was the Greek goddess of hunting, wilderness, and chastity. Artemis, daughter of Zeus and sister of Apollo, was the patroness of girls and young women and guardian of childbirth. She was wide...
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@ceky321 · 1 year ago
Face on Mars: A History of Martian Illusions
You've probably all heard of the Martians, the inhabitants of Mars who are often referred to as "little green beings". People have been seeing strange things on the surface of Mars for centuries. From...
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@beyourself · 1 year ago
Palette of King Narmer
Narmer (c. 3150 BC) was the first king of Egypt to peacefully unite the country at the beginning of the First Dynastic Period (c. 3150 - 2613 BC). 6000 - 3150 BC) is also referred to as its last king...
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@beyourself · 1 year ago
Aphrodite-Goddess of Love and Beauty
Aphrodite was the ancient Greek goddess of love, beauty, lust, and all aspects of sexuality. She could drag both gods and humans to forbidden things with her beauty and whisper sweet things to them....
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@beyourself · 1 year ago
Queen Himiko-Strong women in Japanese History
Queen Himiko, also known as Pimiko or Pimiku (183? - 248 AD), was the 3rd century AD ruler of the region that would later become known as Hsieh-ma-t'ai or Yamatai, later Yamato, in ancient Japan. She...
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@beyourself · 1 year ago
Zeus-The Punisher (Part-2)
Zeus the Punisher God was also the great punisher. Those who did evil or disrespected the gods were often severely punished. The Titans were imprisoned in Tartarus, and after desecrations against Z...
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@beyourself · 1 year ago
Zeus-God of the Sky (Part-1)
Zeus was the king of the Olympian gods and the supreme god in Greek religion. He is often referred to as the Father, the god of thunder, and the 'cloud-caller'. He controls the weather, gives omens an...
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@Vibration101 · 1 year ago
5 Of Cups - Being Consumed With Disappointment & Regret
The 5 Of Cups is just as difficult to write about as the other 5's in the Minor Arcana. It doesn't take a clairvoyant to see how uncomfortable and upsetting this card is from the picture alone. The...
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@beyourself · 1 year ago
Europa-Greek mythology
Europa is a figure from Greek mythology who later gave her name to the continent of Europe. In one popular example of her story, Europa was a Phoenician princess who was kidnapped by Zeus and taken t...
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@Ling01 · 1 year ago
Are We Still Look The Same After Death?
Are We Still Look The Same After Death? This question comes in my mind when I remembered my mom's story when she was young. According her, she was only 9 years old when her father died, one of the m...
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@beyourself · 1 year ago
The Self-Lover/Narcissus-Greek Mythology
Narcissus is a character in Greek mythology who falls in love with his reflection in the water because of his incredible handsomeness. Even the beautiful Eho, the nymph, cannot stop him from melting...
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@Shounenbat · 1 year ago
Who Was Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir?
There’s hardly an Icelander who doesn’t know her name: Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, the Viking woman who allegedly sailed with her husband to Viland, or Canada as it’s known now. According to the storie...
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@beyourself · 1 year ago
Roxana-Wife of Alexander the Great
B.C. At the Battle of Gaugamela in 331, Alexander the Great's King III. After defeating Darius, Alexander had to deal with minor rebellions that broke out throughout his empire. B.C. In the summer of...
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@Danika · 1 year ago
A horse became senator; A prodigal son returns
Bonjour friends, We've all all heard about writer's block and the sudden lack enthusiasm to write or publish. This should have been the case with me cos for the days now, I have not publish a single...
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@beyourself · 1 year ago
The Wrath of Achilles
Achilles, a figure of Greek mythology and literature, is also the hero of the Trojan War. Supreme Achilles, leader of the terrifying Myrmidons, plunderer of cities, and murderer of Hector, was virtual...
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