In this article, we will identify the Buddha and early Buddhist as descendants of Hebrew Israelites. It is not the intention of the information presented to encourage or promote the practice of the…
D. Calloway I’m Just Here To Make You Think ILLUSTRATION Contributed The tens of millions of Black Americans, or rather Indians, who ‘disappeared’ after 1492 did not all die in the ‘holocaust’ inflicted within America. Hundreds of thousands were shipped to Europe and Africa as Indian slaves. The whole slave trade story was given to…
On this date in 1602, Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron, was beheaded in the Bastille for treason. The son of a celebrated soldier* in the intractable French Wars of Religion, Charles de Gontaut (En...
Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania extending from the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji. The region comprises the countries of Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Papua New Guinea.Melanesians of some islands are one of the few non-European peoples, and the only dark-skinned group of people outside Australia, known to have blond hair
Historians are looking into the possibility that the first Australians practised forms of agriculture and aquaculture, writes Cathy Pryor.
Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop (German, Kronach 1472–1553 Weimar). Date: ca. 1520–25. Medium: Oil on linden. Dimensions: 54 x 15 1/2 in. (...
Austrian pine trees are also called European black pines, and that common name more accurately reflects its native habitat. A handsome conifer with dark, dense foliage, the tree's lowest branches can
