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Lake Nemi: The Floating Palaces of Diana’s Mirror
On 15 July 1535, a Bolognese soldier and engineer...
The Ancient Finds of America: Too Deep to Be a Joke
Three men, working three different rigs across three different...
Aether: The 1729 Debate Over What Fills the Heavens
Editorial Note The entry below ran as two installments of...
The Crown and the Mitre: The Tale of Thomas Becket
Come closer now, and draw the covers high, for the winds of December blow cold through the towers of memory. On this very night,...
Albion: Giant, King, and the First Name of Britain
Albion is a figure rooted in Britain’s earliest recorded traditions, remembered as a giant, a king, and the name once given to the island...
The Castle of Rovasenda’s Sky
The abandoned Castello Nuovo di Rovasenda, the Castle of Rovasenda, seems to have been built in medieval times, however, it is not that old. In...
The Mongol Empire Never Existed
Until the end of the 19th century, there was no such thing as a so-called "Mongol Empire" or "Golden Horde" in the history books....
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Airship NORGE: The First to Conquer the North Pole
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