History
History is rich with stories and exploring each side of this story is important to understand the present to move to the future.
Archaeology Alexa 10 Jul 2025
Saschiz - Local legends of the giant’s fortressLegend says that high atop a tree-covered hill near the village of Saschiz in Transylvania, there used to be a giant’s fortress that housed, as the name implies, giants.
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Legends Alexa 08 Feb 2024
Where do dragons come from?It’s the year of the dragon as per the Chinese calendar and I find myself thinking about dragons in mythology. Having each year assigned to a specific animal that might be similar to the Western zodiac is a unique way that the Chinese calendar is organised.
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Miscellaneous Alexa 17 Nov 2023
Unusual Christmas traditionsChristmas traditions are not the same for everyone, even if a lot of us know about the decoration of the tree or Santa’s visit.
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Legends Alexa 10 Nov 2023
What is yule and do we still celebrate it?Thinking of Christmas most of us picture the jolly old man in red with a white beard and hair and not Yule. But what is yule and how did it become a tasty cake? Christmas is not the only holiday, it’s just the most common in the Western world. Even so, its origin and current celebration are diverse and contested.
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Legends Alexa 09 Dec 2022
The dark history of chocolateChocolate is a very tasty treat most of us enjoy regularly, with a dark bloody past steeped in legends and myths surrounding it. As delicious as chocolate is today, it was far different in its infancy when it came to its taste, ingredients and uses.
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Archaeology Alexa 08 Dec 2022
The mysterious Caspian SeaThe Caspian Sea seems like the least talked about body of water, for it has kept many of its mysteries still hidden.
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Archaeology Alexa 08 Dec 2022
Bread of antiquity and its evolutionBread is considered a standard food that people have been consuming for thousands of years and constantly seems to evolve. No exact origin can determine with infallible accuracy where it was first created. Archaeological evidence discovered shows how widespread it truly has been in the past, a precursor of its use today.
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Archaeology Alexa 08 Dec 2022
Legendary historic forts around the worldHistory had many conflicts that shattered empires and eradicated entire cultures and forts are still visible in many countries in ruin. All this fighting has left many scars on historical consciousness and on the very soil where battles have been waged. We shall look at a few of these remains in the form of some legendary fortresses around the world.
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