Bedouin shepherds discovered some scrolls placed in ten tall jars in 1947 West of the Dead Sea. They did not know what they had come upon, but they sold the scrolls to a nearby dealer. This was the opening chapter to an astonishing archeological find; eventually some 800 different manuscripts would be found in eleven …
Month: January 2018
The bubonic plague, also known as the black death, destroyed a higher proportion of population than any other event. The plague spread through the agency of fleas on dying rats, the bacteria in the disease stifled the vital organs of those who were infected. The symptoms caused swelling in the groin, armpits and necks, it …
The cause of all evil being in the world began with Permethius stealing the element of fire from the Gods. Permethius gave the fire to mankind, his creation. As a punishment, Zeus tied Perrmethius to a cliff, where a eagle came every morning to devour his liver, and by night his liver healed, only for the …
The highest mount in Greece, Mt. Olympus, was the home of the olympians in Ancient Greece. The king of all Gods was Zeus, he married his sister Hera. His brothers were Hades and Posieden, and he had thunder bolts and lightning as weapons. The eagle was his bird, he controlled rain, law, order, thunder and …
Joseph Stalin wanted to get rid of the threats to his power base, but theses threats were only in his mind due to his paranoia. This paranoia led him to the cost of 13 million deaths. He had millions of people arrested on trumped up charges, and made so called show trials were they were …
On the 13 August 1961, a barrier between the German Democratic Republic to the east, and Federal Republic of Germany to the west was built, then Berlin Wall. It was erected by the GDR. It was a 3.6 meters concrete wall, toppers with barbed wire and impunctuated with imposing guard towers, with guards demanded to …
The Harlem Hellfighters were a Regiment of decorated African American soldiers. They fought during World War One, and were extremely determined to fight for their country, and were very good at it. Yet when they came home they had to face racism and hate. When they were sent over seas, they had no idea what …
Chichen Itza was a pyramid built by the Mayas and was named after one of their supreme Gods Kukuclan, also known as Quetzalcoat. It is 90 feet tall and was built for astromical and religious purposes. Each side of the pyramid has two sets of stairs, each set having 91 steps including the one at the …
In Ancient Egypt, the calendar had twelve months which each had thirty days in it. This all added up to a total of 360 days, so the Egyptians added five more days which were not parent of previous or coming months, but were used for festivals. The events that led to the creatzion of these …
America was devastated when the stock market crashed in 1929. Due to this incident, 6000 banks went out of business. 13 Million people were left unemployed. 40000 family farms were repossessed by the bank. 2600 schools were closed. Admissions to State mental hospitals went up 300 percent, and suicides went up by 30 percent. 2 …