Kurdistan, Somaliland, and Kosovo have rich histories, but decades of conflict jeopardize their preservation. These unsung heroes persevere to save their cultural heritage.
If you've heard offrankincense and myrrh, it's probably thanks to the biblical account of thebirth of Jesus. According to the book of Matthew, Chapter 2, the Magi, or wise men, followed abright starin the east to Bethlehem, where Jesus had been born: And when they were come into the...
When was Gustav Klimt born? When was Edvard Munch famous? Why is the Mona Lisa in France instead of Italy? When did Claude Monet's first wife die? When did Claude Monet get married? Why is the Mona Lisa painting so famous? When was Mary Cassatt born?
Long ago this was a common greeting in Ireland meaning “thebestpart of the morning to you” and you my friend would say back to me, “And the rest of the day to you”. I am an O’Brien, which on the Emerald Isle means “House or descendant of Brian”. (Brian Boru was the Hig...
Bernadette Soubirous, also known as Saint Bernadette of Lourdes, was the firstborn daughter of a miller from Lourdes, in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées
If you want to give some of these a try though, these are some of the ones we find the most useful. Book Cave: This site has the unique feature of being able to search through a rated books database. So if you know a book was a children’s book, you can avoid any adult rated...
Being in a large standing-room-only of people excitedly clapping to Mike’s poignant exploration into the genius of Roger and his integral role in the success of Steely Dan as well as his part in pioneering digital recording was all the reward I needed for the trip but the show had ...
Mother Teresa was born in 1910 in Macedonia during the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Her father was an Albanian grocer who died in 1918 and in 1928 she joined the Sisters of Loretto at the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dublin, Ireland before going to Calcutta, India....
Shakespeare’s strongest female characters all have one thing in common: none of them have a mother. This chapter examines the effect of the absent mother on three of Shakespeare’s heroines, from Much Ado About Nothing to The Winter’s Tale. In...
The lyrics are clearly objecting to the mindset of the day, which was to blindly follow the president and the media. Gloria - Patti Smith She hits you like a sledgehammer with that first line "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine." For that, Patti cemented herself as a hero...