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Ancient History Speeches Pericles
Ancient History Speeches Pericles

Ancient History’s Greatest Speeches

Ancient History’s Greatest Speeches: The Ten Commandments, Moses As religious history goes, this one’s a biggie. Moses delivered this speech regarding God’s Ten Commandments, which define ethics and worship in Judaism and most forms of Christianity. For those unfamiliar with the story, God inscribed the commandments on two tablets, which...

By Mamta Bhatt May 11, 2012

Ancient History’s Greatest Speeches

Ancient History’s Greatest Speeches: The Ten Commandments, Moses As religious history goes, this one’s a biggie. Moses delivered this speech regarding God’s Ten Commandments, which define ethics and worship in Judaism and most forms of Christianity. For those unfamiliar with the story, God inscribed the commandments on two tablets, which...

By Mamta Bhatt May 11, 2012

The Five Best Insults In History

The Best Insults In History: Winston Churchill The extremely witty and much-loved British Prime Minister Winston Churchill tops the list with his verbal spat with Lady Astor. The conservative dame forever admonished Churchill for his cigars and alcohol habits, and Churchill was not one to take the insults lying down....

By Mamta Bhatt Apr 8, 2012

The Five Best Insults In History

The Best Insults In History: Winston Churchill The extremely witty and much-loved British Prime Minister Winston Churchill tops the list with his verbal spat with Lady Astor. The conservative dame forever admonished Churchill for his cigars and alcohol habits, and Churchill was not one to take the insults lying down....

By Mamta Bhatt April 8, 2012
Incredible Oak Chapel 5
Incredible Oak Chapel 5

France’s Incredible Oak Chapel

Located in the French farming village of Allouville-Bellefosse, this amazing oak tree is home to more than just woodland flora and fauna: its hollow, thousand-year-old trunk serves as the base for two small chapels accessible via spiral staircases that surround the tree. This oak tree is the oldest known tree...

By All That's Interesting Mar 24, 2012

France’s Incredible Oak Chapel

Located in the French farming village of Allouville-Bellefosse, this amazing oak tree is home to more than just woodland flora and fauna: its hollow, thousand-year-old trunk serves as the base for two small chapels accessible via spiral staircases that surround the tree. This oak tree is the oldest known tree...

By All That's Interesting March 24, 2012
Algonquins and their rites of passage
Algonquins and their rites of passage

Five Fascinating Unusual Rites Of Passage

Wysoccan, Algonquin Indian Tribe In Quebec, young boys of the Algonquin Indian Tribe were caged and fed the hallucinogen, wysoccan, to usher them into manhood. Considered more powerful than LSD, the drug was used to force adolescents to forget memories of their childhood. Unusual Rites Of Passage: Teeth Filing, Bali...

By Mamta Bhatt Dec 22, 2011

Five Fascinating Unusual Rites Of Passage

Wysoccan, Algonquin Indian Tribe In Quebec, young boys of the Algonquin Indian Tribe were caged and fed the hallucinogen, wysoccan, to usher them into manhood. Considered more powerful than LSD, the drug was used to force adolescents to forget memories of their childhood. Unusual Rites Of Passage: Teeth Filing, Bali...

By Mamta Bhatt December 22, 2011

The Rococo Art Movement That Dominated The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Century

The Rococo movement was an artistic period that emerged in France and spread thrartisticoughout the world in the late 17th and early 18th century. The word is a derivative of the French term rocaille, which means “rock and shell garden ornamentation”. It began in 1699 after the French King, Louis...

By All That's Interesting Dec 4, 2011

The Rococo Art Movement That Dominated The Seventeenth And Eighteenth Century

The Rococo movement was an artistic period that emerged in France and spread thrartisticoughout the world in the late 17th and early 18th century. The word is a derivative of the French term rocaille, which means “rock and shell garden ornamentation”. It began in 1699 after the French King, Louis...

By All That's Interesting December 4, 2011
Apollo and Daphne
Apollo and Daphne

Seventeenth Century Art And Most Significant Artists Of The Baroque Period

The tense and extravagant Baroque period defined the art of the 17th century -- a fascinating look at the art and artists that made up the Baroque style.

By All That's Interesting Nov 19, 2011

Seventeenth Century Art And Most Significant Artists Of The Baroque Period

The tense and extravagant Baroque period defined the art of the 17th century -- a fascinating look at the art and artists that made up the Baroque style.

By All That's Interesting November 19, 2011
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