It was drawn 2,000 years ago and does not depict superheroes, cute little animals or thieves in a luxury car,...
Lupercalia was one of the most ancient of the Roman holidays, one of the feriae listed on ancient calendars from...
February 15 - Some important events on this day 399 BC 👉🏼 Philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death by the...
In the Victorian era, and also into the 20th century, lovers exchanged elaborate lace-trimmed cards on Valentine’s Day, expressing their...
In history there were multiple St. Valentines (including decapitated ones) but, apparently, was a medieval poet who first established the...
February 14 - Some important events on this day 270 👉🏼 One of many St. Valentine beheaded. 1014 👉🏼 Pope...
The Romans held their dead in great respect. They were "di manes", the "good" dead, or honoured ancestors never to...
February 13 - Some important events on this day 1258 👉🏼 Baghdad, then a city of 1 million, falls to...
Rainbow Bread? Yes. Rainbow Bread. With ice cream? With ice cream. Admit it, you want this. It’s been pretty well...
February 12 - Some important events on this day 1700 👉🏼 The Great Northern War begins in Northern Europe between...
Sometimes people are surprised to learn just how many abandoned places there are in Maryland. From ghost towns to asylums,...
February 11 - Some important events on this day 55 👉🏼 Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship,...
The "Sin-Eater" is a profession that survived until the last century: in short, grieving family members of a recently deceased...
February 10 - Some important events on this day 60 👉🏼 St Paul thought to have been shipwrecked at Malta...
Sometimes lighthouses are the only lifeline for seafarers lost in the dark of night or the chaos of a violent...
February 9 - Some important events on this day 474 👉🏼 Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire together...
We are in Beddgelert, North Wales, just south of Snowdon. Meaning literally the grave of Gelert, Beddgelert was once described...
February 8 - Some important events on this day 1587 👉🏼 Mary, Queen of Scots, is beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle...
In these days, from 7 to 17 February, ancient Romans were celebrating agricultural festivals of Fornacalia. It was a festivity...
If you’re looking for the cheapest electric pickup truck money can buy, you should definitely check out this bargain on...
February 7 - Some important events on this day 1238 👉🏼 The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir 1301...
It was autumn 1819 when the body of a 15-year old girl was found floating along the estuary of the...
February 6 - Some important events on this day 1508 👉🏼 Maximilian I proclaimed Holy Roman Emperor, 1st Emperor in...
We are in Taipei. Tucked deep into local night markets, vendors disguise scoops of ice cream as a savory snack....
February 5 - Some important events on this day 146 BCE 👉🏼 Punic Wars, between Rome and Carthage, come to...
The legends concerning Father (or King) Frost are inspired by ancient traditions about this mythical figure that in ancient times...
February 4 - Some important events on this day 211 👉🏼 Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies, leaving the Roman Empire...
February 3th is the day dedicated to the holy protector of the throath, Saint Biagio (known in English as Saint...
The island that Saint Aidan (born around 590 and died in 651), an Irish monk that restored Christianity to Northumberland,...
Don McLean is a refined American singer-songwriter born in 1945, who has never been a star of the first magnitude...
