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- Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, which is usually intended to please or appease gods, a human ruler, public...135 KB (15,087 words) - 00:00, 5 June 2024
- A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park, is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise...73 KB (8,579 words) - 16:11, 1 June 2024
- 38°53′27″N 77°01′33″W / 38.89094°N 77.02573°W / 38.89094; -77.02573 The Hope Diamond is a 45.52 carats (9.104 g; 0.3211 oz) diamond that has been famed...91 KB (11,181 words) - 18:10, 10 April 2024
- The Chremonidean War (267–261 BC) was fought by a coalition of some Greek city-states and Ptolemaic Egypt against Antigonid Macedonian domination. It ended...4 KB (343 words) - 16:06, 30 December 2022
- An UNMIK Travel Document was a passport-sized travel document issued to residents of Kosovo, who were not able to obtain a passport from the Federal Republic...5 KB (419 words) - 17:58, 11 April 2024
- Docidava (Dokidava, Dakidawa?, Ancient Greek: Δοκίδαυα) was a Dacian town in north-western Roman Dacia. Dacian davae List of ancient cities in Thrace and...1 KB (76 words) - 18:30, 28 June 2022
- SS Benjamin Hawkins was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Benjamin Hawkins, an American planter, statesman...6 KB (353 words) - 16:46, 29 June 2023
- In Greek mythology, Merope (/ˈmɛrəpiː/; Greek: Μερόπη) was a Queen of Corinth, and wife of King Polybus. In some accounts, she was called Periboea. In...3 KB (354 words) - 17:29, 21 April 2023
- The 2010 European Open Water Swimming Championships was the 12th edition of the European Open Water Swimming Championships (was part of the 2010 European...4 KB (77 words) - 17:15, 29 January 2023
- Mokotów Prison (Polish: Więzienie mokotowskie, also known as Rakowiecka Prison) is a prison in Warsaw's borough of Mokotów, Poland, located at 37 Rakowiecka...8 KB (885 words) - 10:28, 12 June 2023
- Constance Mary Turnbull (9 February 1927 – 5 September 2008) was a British historian known for her work on Southeast Asian history, in particular on the...8 KB (807 words) - 02:49, 8 July 2023
- Samuel Hallifax or Halifax (1733–1790) was an English churchman and academic, holder of several chairs at Cambridge and was successively Bishop of Gloucester...7 KB (988 words) - 22:45, 4 September 2022
- Jaya Satyavarman (died 787 AD), was the second king of the Fifth dynasty of Champa, modern-day Central Vietnam, reigned from 770 to 787. He was the nephew...3 KB (234 words) - 10:29, 14 March 2023
- Gwynedd is a large rural county in North Wales. The northern half includes the high mountains of Snowdonia and the mixed farmland and hills of the Llŷn...4 KB (517 words) - 04:40, 9 April 2022
- The year 1800 in architecture involved some significant events. June 30 – Replacement Teatro Riccardi opera house in Bergamo, Lombardy, designed by Giovanni...3 KB (212 words) - 04:42, 14 January 2022
- Year 408 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Iullus, Ahala and Cossus (or, less frequently...3 KB (391 words) - 16:49, 20 March 2023
- Emma Anne Paterson (née Smith; 5 April 1848 – 1 December 1886) was an English feminist and trade unionist. Emma Anne Smith was born in London on 5 April...6 KB (803 words) - 18:56, 29 August 2022
- The year 680 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 74 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 680 BC for...2 KB (136 words) - 15:04, 7 May 2022
- Louis-Alphonse-Victor, 5th duc de Broglie, called Victor de Broglie (30 October 1846 – 26 August 1906), was a French aristocrat. Victor de Broglie was...2 KB (185 words) - 18:22, 8 January 2022
- The House of Wedel (or Wedell) is an old and distinguished German noble family, from Stormarn in what is now Schleswig-Holstein. The family members held...7 KB (860 words) - 13:39, 15 June 2023