MarjanT11 hours ago2,550 Submerged Wooden Objects Recovered From The Templo Mayor Of Tenochtitlanancientpages.com - AncientPages.comConny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have recovered as many as 2,550 wooden objects from the Templo Mayor in the Aztec city of …
MarjanT1 day agoHow to Think Like a Roman Emperor: The Stoic Philosophy of Marcus Aurelius by Donald Robertsonpublishersweekly.com - Kathleen HaleThis look at Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (121–180) and his reign provides an illuminating study of the principles of Stoic philosophy, to which …
MarjanT21 hours agoThe case against the Supreme Court of the United Statesverified_publisherVox - Ian MillhiserEditor’s note, June 25: The following is an updated version of an essay that originally ran in Vox in May. We are republishing it with revisions in light of the Supreme Court’s decision overruling Roe v. Wade. Well, it’s done. Justice Samuel Alito has achieved a goal that he and his fellow Republicans …
MarjanT21 hours agoThe Suda, The Byzantine Encyclopedia Written in the Year 1100greekreporter.com - Patricia ClausThe Suda, the massive tome written by a Byzantine scholar around the year 1100, was one of the world’s first encyclopedias and lexicons. Created as …
MarjanTStoryboardThe Real Reason Russia Sold Alaska To The United StatesCurated byGrungeWe're probably not going to buy Greenland. Sorry, folks. But not long ago, the United States set its sights on another Arctic territory, and today it's the proud owner of the Land of the Midnight Sun, a state rich in oil, fish, minerals, natural wonders, and snow. Nowadays it would be pretty hard to imagine the 49 United States, or the Canadian province of Alaska, but back in the mid-1800s not everyone thought it was such a great idea to bring those frozen northern lands into the fold...
MarjanT1 day agoFrancisco Pizarroworldhistory.org - Mark CartwrightFrancisco Pizarro (c. 1478-1541) was a conquistador who led the Spanish conquest of the Inca civilization from 1532. With only a small group of men, …
