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Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects....

Oedipus Rex, also known by its Greek title, Oedipus Tyrannus (Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, pronounced [oidípuːs týrannos]), or Oedipus the King, is...

Latin American feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and achieving equal political, economic, cultural, personal, and...

Population transfer or resettlement is a type of mass migration that is often imposed by a state policy or international authority. Such mass migrations...

The Leleges (/ˈlɛlɪdʒiːz/; Greek: Λέλεγες) were an aboriginal people of the Aegean region, before the Greeks arrived. They were distinct from another pre-Hellenic...

Aat (“The Great One”) was a queen of the ancient Egyptian 12th Dynasty. Of all the wives of Amenemhat III, only her name is known to modern archaeology...

The triquetra (/traɪˈkwɛtrə/ treye-KWEH-truh; from the Latin adjective triquetrus "three-cornered") is a triangular figure composed of three interlaced...

USS General M. M. Patrick (AP-150) was a General G. O. Squier-class transport ship built for the US Navy in World War II. She was named in honor of US...

Nāfiʿ ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Kalada al-Thaqafī (Arabic: نَـافِـع ابْـن الْـحَـارِث ابْـن كَـلَـدة الـثَّـقَـفِي) (died 13 AH / 634 – 635 CE)) was an Arab physician...

This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The history of glass-making...

The Bedford Flag is the oldest known flag in the United States. It is associated with the Minutemen of Bedford, Massachusetts, and the Battles of Lexington...

A palladium or palladion (plural palladia) is an image or other object of great antiquity on which the safety of a city or nation is said to depend. The...

The Ulster Gazette, also known as the Ulster Gazette and Armagh Standard is a newspaper based in Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is published by the Alpha...

Maud de Braose, Baroness Mortimer of Wigmore (1224 – shortly before 23 March 1301)[citation needed] was a noble heiress, and one of the most important...

1955 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in April 1955: Bomb attacks against...

The global citizens movement is a constellation of organized and overlapping citizens' groups seeking to foster global solidarity in policy and consciousness...

The earliest references to the history of Derry date to the 6th century when a monastery was founded there; however, archaeological sites and objects predating...

The siege of Rhodes in 305–304 BC was one of the most notable sieges of antiquity, when Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus I, besieged Rhodes in an...

Sir George Carey (or Cary) (c. 1541 – 15 February 1616), JP, DL, of Cockington in the parish of Tor Mohun in Devon, England, was Lord Deputy of Ireland...

The 2008-2012 Cyprus talks were held as part of the long-going peace process, in order to resolve the Cyprus dispute. The talks failed to achieve their...