In the first edition of Encyclopedia Britannica, death was briefly summarized as "the separation of the soul and the body," and this definition generally reflects how our views of death are tied up with our religious beliefs (or lack thereof). Fifteen editions later, the entry was 30 times ...
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(The New Encyclopedia Britannica. Vol. 24)Mythology is a collection of myths meant to explain the universe. Mythological stories were told in many different cultures and civilizations. The existence of myths is known in every society. Many different myths were conceived to explain occurrences that ...
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If Niccolò Machiavelli is real and not made up, he was born May 3, 1469, Florence Italy and died June 21, 1527, in Florence, (Britannica retrieved January 14, 2023). At least if they don’t change his information. But if true, and the premise of the book is correct, this would ...
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Wikipedia uses "Alyattes II," based on the 1911 edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica, as does John Lempriere's 1788 Classical Dictionary (Biblioteca Classica). Using old references can shed interesting light on the state of scholarship in the past, but it can be problematic with ancient coin ...
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Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Article History The Wolf Man, American horror film, released in 1941, that made Lon Chaney, Jr., son of legendary silent film star Lon Chaney, a Hollywood celebrity in his own right. The film, one of the many popular monster movies of...