Who was “Good King Wenceslas?”
Every year hundreds of people sing the popular Christmas Carol "Good King Wenceslas", but was he a real person or is the carol...
The Rise Of Abdi-Ashirta Of Amurru
During The Late Bronze Age, while the major powers were preparing for war, an ambitious warlord built a kingdom on the Syrian...
Aesop and his Fables in the Modern World
Growing up as children, one can remember little stories such as "The Dog who lost His Bone", "The Ants and the Grasshopper",...
Sneferu, King in 4th Dynasty Egypt: The Benevolent Pyramid Builder
Sneferu was so amiable he offered to replace a turquoise charm lost in the river by a palace lady. But he took prisoners and...
Egyptian Queens of the 18th Dynasty: Sitamun
Sitamun was the eldest daughter of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye, and she was elevated to the rank of a Great Royal Wife of...
Vercingetorix, the Last French Resistance to the Roman Empire
He was a Celtic warrior who united Gaul (roughly modern day France) against the might of the Roman Empire but was finally defeated...
Buddhas of Bamyan: History Destroyed by the Taliban
In 2001, the Taliban destroyed two large statues of Buddha that had stood since Buddhists populated Afghanistan between the 2nd to 9th Centuries.
The...
Asclepius: The Greek God of Healing and Medicine
Asclepius is a renowned figure in Greek mythology and his symbol (a staff with a snake wrapped around it) is still used in modern...
Studying the Historical Jesus
We take a look at whether Jesus, a figure renowned and known for his spiritual power as God, can also be studied in a...
Cross Quest: Exploring the Origin of this Pervasive Symbol
One of the oldest and most widely recognized symbols on the planet, the cross predates Christianity by at least two millenniums. What is its...