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Herodotus’ section of his Histories on burial in ancient Egypt (Book II.85-90) is an accurate description of Egyptian mummification but he purposefully omits the spiritual significance of embalming in keeping with his commitment to refrain...

The Coronation of Powhatan, painting by the American artist John Gadsby Chapman, 1835 CE. Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina. The painting depicts the 1609 CE event of the Jamestown colonists attempting to make Wahunsenacah...

In November 1532 CE, Francisco Pizarro led a group of about 160 conquistadors into the Inca city of Cajamarca. The illiterate and illegitimate son of an Extremaduran nobleman and an impoverished woman, Pizarro had spent his entire life on...

Wooly Mammoth, as shown at the Royal BC Museum, Victoria, British Columbia.

Baptism of Pocahontas, oil on canvas painting by John Gadsby Chapman, 1840 CE. Capitol Rotunda, Washington, D.C.

The “Venus de Milos with Drawers” (1936) by Salvador Dalí (painted plaster statue, 98 cm; ArtIC ref. no. 2005.424); courtesy of The Art Institute, Chicago (through prior gift of Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman). © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador...

The Ryogoku Sumo Hall, Tokyo.