Smithsonian Magazine on MSN4d
The Mystery of the World's Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher It
On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...
Cleveland Jewish News2d
Destiny in disaster?
Perhaps Yitro was not just looking for a God to believe in but a nation to be part of. In the splitting of the sea and the war of Amalek, Jethro found a special destiny embedded in Jewish peoplehood, ...
TheCollector on MSN3d
Nike: The Greek Goddess of Victory Incarnate
Nike was the Greek goddess of victory and an attendant of Zeus. While not among the 12 Olympian gods, she is described as a ...
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Octavian and Mark Antony: Was Cleopatra Behind the Conflict Between the Two Conculs?
Was Cleopatra the cause of the conflict between these two consuls, both eager to become the masters of Rome? Historians are ...