Its outer wall is more than 25 feet high and surrounded by a moat with an artificial water source, the Golden River ... Originally named the Black Tortoise Gate (Xuanwumen), the gate received ...

English and Portuguese armies beat Spain at the Battle of Monte Carlo. 1683: The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford opens ...

Yellow and black striped with a rump covered in soft hairs, they’re social insects that live in colonies and love a good crevice—they build their homes in birdhouses, woodpiles, abandoned ...