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An ENIGMA cypher machine, used by Nazi Germany during the Second World War to send coded communications. Unknown to the Germans, the Poles, French, and British deciphered the code. (Museum of Science and Technology, Milan)

Polybius' Capture of Achaeus and Fall of Sardis is the account of the end of the Siege of Sardis (215-213 BCE) by Antiochus III (aka Antiochus the Great, r. 223-187 BCE) of the Seleucid Empire after the betrayal and capture of his cousin...

Bibliography: Discovering Egypt Last Edited 2015 by Eyelid Productions Powered by Wordpress Valley of the Kings—Gateway to Afterlife Provides Window on the Past By Brian Handwerk National Geographic Copyright 1996-2015 All Rights...

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) was a Russian composer of operas, ballets, concertos, string quartets, and 15 symphonies. Shostakovich was frequently denounced by the repressive Soviet state, but in some periods, he also gained official favour...

Oribasius (c. 320-400/403 CE). Close-up of the title page of Spiegel der Artzney by Lorenz Fries, with 24 portraits of physicians, Strasbourg: Balthasar Beck, 1532 CE. British Museum, London.

"Heimdallr" by Lorenz Frølich (1820-1908 CE). This 1895 CE illustration depicts the Norse god Heimdall blowing Gjallarhorn.

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) was a German polymath who became well-known across Europe for his work, particularly in the fields of science, mathematics, and philosophy. Leibniz's rationalist philosophy attempted to reconcile traditional...