Saint Nicholas of Myra is the primary inspiration for the Christian figure of Santa Claus. He was a 4th century…
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For many years, Eastern and Central Europe was under constant threat of invasion by the armies of the Ottoman Turks.…
Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau in southwest Bavaria, Germany. The palace was commissioned…
The Book Of The Dead is the usual name given to the ancient Egyptian funerary text called the “Spells of Coming (or Going) Forth…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k27U1VMdknU[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ubF0-R3x3I&feature=related[/youtube] . But on a lighter note: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYpcFHtxm60[/youtube]
“New York”, the documentary film by Ric Burns, contains a great segment on the Empire State Building that is available on…
In August 1927 three musicians arrived at a makeshift recording studio in Bristol, Tennessee, to audition for a talent scout…