“We have the best food, the best weapons, and the best fighting spirit. By God, I almost feel sorry for the poor bastards who have to face us!” George S. Patton pauses briefly as the cheers subside.

Our universe is composed of celestial bodies such as stars, planets, asteroids, and comets. All of these celestial bodies possess specific structural characteristics. They can also organize themselves ...

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 ...

The First White Terror during the French Revolution was a violent anti-Jacobin reaction during the Thermidorian Reaction (1794–1795). After Robespierre’s fall on ...

The Parker Solar Probe, launched on August 12, 2018, is the fastest man-made object in space. It travels at 393,000 km/h (244,000 mph), fast enough to cover the distance between Paris and Tokyo in 1 ...

This is not true. The term “Ancient Greece” or “Hellas” was used to describe a geographical region, not a single state. It consisted of city-states (poleis), mostly located in the southern part of the ...

In Arabic, Islam means “submission to God,” and a Muslim is a person “devoted to God.” Like Jews and Christians, Muslims are monotheists. They believe there is only one God who created the world and ...

It is perhaps the largest mass grave of its kind ever found in Europe, south of Germany: the skeletons of over 650 individuals, probably victims of a resurgence of the Black Death in the first half of ...

Djoser was the first ancient Egyptian king (Pharaoh) of the 3rd Dynasty (Old Kingdom). He reigned from around 2720 to 2700 BCE, according to some estimates a few decades later in the 27th century BCE.

The Nemes is the most iconic headdress of the pharaohs, worn from the Old Kingdom to the Ptolemaic period. It is well-known to the public through numerous representations, notably the golden funerary ...

The Shabaka Stone (also known as the Memphis Theology Monument) is a black plaque made of green breccia with an ancient Egyptian inscription, currently housed in the British Museum under inventory ...

Ghoul (Arabic: الغول‎, al-ghūl, French: goule) is a monster or demon appearing in Arabian mythology, dwelling in deserts, graveyards, and other desolate places. In Islamic mythology, ghouls disguise ...