MOTTE AND BAILEY

At the beginning of the eleventh century the motte was the most widespread form of castle in northern Europe (except the British Isles and S...

EGYPT: FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, OVERVIEW

The Pyramid of Pepi II ('Pepi is most stable in Life') Original Height - 52.5 m Length of Side - 78.5m A - Pyramid of Pepi II E - Sa...

LOUISE ARNER (BOYD, 1887–1972)

American explorer in the Arctic Louise Arner Boyd was born in San Rafael, California, near San Francisco, into a family with a fortune made...

DELIA JULIA DENNING (MICKIE AKELEY) AKELEY, (1875–1970)

American naturalist in East Africa, wife of Carl Ethan Akeley Delia Akeley, née Denning, also known by her nickname, Mickie, grew up in Bea...

Templar Treasure

Some revisions of Templar history focused on the rumour that Jacques de Molay organized the removal of the Templars’ treasure before his exe...

The Knights Templar

The two principal orders of knighthood of the Crusades were established prior to the launching of the first crusade in 1096 and shortly befo...

VATES

A less well known priestly class among the Celtic people are the Vates (literally, “seer”). Vates are rare on the continent and are most oft...