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Today, English is the world’s primary language. Yet for almost three centuries, French was the world’s dominant lingua franca. Let’s see why.
One of the most extensively studied old masters, works by Rembrandt are notoriously difficult to attribute and authenticate.
The 19th-century American frontier witnessed terrible battles between Native tribes and the U.S. Army. The U.S. Army eventually won, but only one war chief defeated them: Red Cloud.
How did Nero become emperor of Rome? A mix of blue blood and maternal machinations brought him to power, but he would then have to battle his own mother for control.
Originally raised in 15 BCE, the Temple of Dendur travelled nearly 6,000 miles from Egypt to New York where it now sits in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The New Testament gives us more biographical information about Paul than it does about any other figure. Yet, it does not say how he died.