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Discover 15 Medieval phrases and their original meanings, some of which we still use today, and others that deserve to make a comeback.
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.
The Cathar sprang out of medieval France, with beliefs that the Old Testament and New Testament Gods were entirely separate.
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.
History is littered with ‘what-if’ situations that, if handled differently, could have led society in an entirely different direction.
Korea, like China and Japan, has an ancient and well-known civilization. Yet this politically divided peninsula still holds many cultural gems waiting to be discovered.
The shocking violence of Viking raids caused gradual, yet significant changes in Irish monasticism.