Romania has its own traditions and rituals on Christmas Eve (Ajunul Crăciunului). On this day, December 24, the Christmas tree is decorated, and the celebrations officially start. On this day, kids ...

This is the hollow on Tisenjoch where the well-known glacial mummy Ötzi was discovered. His location is shown by the red pinpoint. But the question is, how did Ötzi get there? A recent review of the ...

The Salic Law, likely dating back to the 4th century, is a legal code established by the Salian Franks under Roman influence. Initially aimed at ending the practice of revenge in cases of crime, it ...

In many derogatory titles that had little to do with the actual inhabitants of the area, Tartaria became the most popular term for Central Asia and Siberia in European sources. European knowledge of ...

The Ultima Tower is a 2-mile-tall, 1-mile-wide structure planned to be built to protect the environment from excessive human development. The Ultima Tower is the tallest building ever planned for the ...

The Lucerne hammer is a type of polearm weapon, which combines the features of a stabbing, striking, and polearm weapon. It was used extensively by European infantrymen from the 15th century up to the ...

The Tokyo Tower of Babel is a proposed hyperbuilding in the city of Tokyo that is 33,000 feet or 6,2 miles (10 km) tall. The Tokyo Tower of Babel was designed as a new megastructure by Professor ...

X-Seed 4000 is a 13,100-foot (4,000-meter) tall megastructure with 800 floors. It has a capacity for 1 million people living inside at the same time. The X-Seed 4000 is a floating “ocean city” off the ...

Djer, Hor Djer (Hr Dr, literal meaning “Hor the Grasper” or “Protector” or “Strong”, early 3rd millennium BCE) was the third pharaoh of the First Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. According to recent research ...

Supposedly, William Ayrton and John Perry, created one of the first automobiles powered by electricity, but it was not rechargeable. Gustave Trouvé created the first actual and practical rechargeable ...

In the Middle Ages, the imaginary is an integral part of reality. The world of that time cannot be conceived otherwise. Within this panorama, both real and wonderful, plants play a major role in ...

Sword of Charlemagne: The Joyeuse Sword of the Frankish King The Sword of Charlemagne is one of the oldest surviving regalia of the Kingdom of France.