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Kikimora
Kikimora (pronounced Kih-kee-mora) is a female house spirit from Slavic lore who can be helpful or malevolent depending on the behavior of the homeowner. In differing versions of her stories, there...
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Maria Sklodowska-Curie was born #OnThisDay in 1867. Visit our online exhibition and learn how she rose from humble beginnings to become the 1st woman to win a #NobelPrize, the 1st person to win it twi... View More
Maria Skłodowska-Curie
In the chapter, we learn how Curie rose from humble beginnings to become the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person – and only woman – to win twice, and the only person to win a Nobel Priz...
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Today in 1581...Queen Elizabeth I signs a marriage treaty with Francis, Duke of Anjou. She is 46, he is 24. However the marriage negotiations quickly peter out, due to opposition both from Elizabeth's... View More
The Love Life of Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I began her reign on 17th November 1558 as a young woman of only 25 years of age. However, by the time Elizabeth gave her first speech to Parliament in early 1559 she declared that it would ...
In the 190s the Roman governor of Syria and contender for the imperial throne, Pescennius Niger, was named the New Alexander by his men and his followers. He was quickly defeated by Septimius Severus.
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A Visit to Miletus
by Lydia Serrant, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Miletus, once one of the greatest cities the world had ever seen, now lies as a ruin on the East Coast of Turkey. The scale of the remains of Mi...
Josephus on Christianity
Titus Flavius Josephus (36-100 CE), the Jewish historian, is the main source for understanding Second Temple Judaism in the 1st century CE. In the last decades of the 1st century CE, he wrote The Jewi...
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Very interesting. I take the opinion of the writer with a grain of salt; I have trust issues towards female professors with purple hair and thick-framed glasses.
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Bonfire Night Celebrations in the 1950s and 1960s
In 21st century Britain, Bonfire Night is usually celebrated with a trip to an organised bonfire and firework display. Not so in the 1950s and 1960s: Bonfire Night was a hands-on celebration...
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Today in 1605: Gunpowder, treason and plot! Guy Fawkes is arrested beneath the House of Parliament as a plot to blow up England's King James I is uncovered.
Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot 1605
Remember, Remember the 5th of November... Bonfire Night. But why do the British celebrate with fireworks, bonfires - and set fire to ‘Guy’?
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Baba Yaga
Baba Yaga is a witch from Slavic folklore who lives in a magical hut in the forest and either helps, imprisons, or eats those she encounters. She is among the most famous figures from Slavic folktales...
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Why has the Gunpowder Plot Been Remembered for Centuries?
Guy Fawkes, Print made by Rowney & Forster after John Augustus Atkinson, created after 1821. Yale Center for British Art.
