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The philosopher's stone is a mythic alchemical substance capable of turning base metals such as mercury into gold or silver; it was also known as "the...

A rood or rood cross, sometimes known as a triumphal cross, is a cross or crucifix, especially the large crucifix set above the entrance to the chancel...

Western civilization traces its roots back to Europe and the Mediterranean. It is linked to ancient Greece, the Roman Empire and Medieval Western Christendom...

Cattle raiding is the act of stealing live cattle, often several or many at once. In Australia, such stealing is often referred to as duffing, and the...

William de Blois was a medieval Bishop of Worcester. William was a canon of the diocese of Lincoln and held the office of Archdeacon of Buckingham in that...

Gespräche mit Goethe (translation: Conversations with Goethe, Conversations with Eckermann) is a book by Johann Peter Eckermann recording his conversations...

Waldegrave School is a state secondary school with academy status in Twickenham, London, England. It takes girls between the ages of 11 and 16 and has...

Quintus Marcius Turbo was prefect of the Praetorian Guard and a close friend and military advisor to both emperor Trajan and Hadrian during the early 2nd...

C-3 was a C-class submarine of the Spanish Republican Navy. C-3 was built by Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval (SECN) in Cartagena, Spain, launched...

HMS Dunraven was a Q-Ship of the Royal Navy during World War I. On 8 August 1917, 130 miles southwest of Ushant in the Bay of Biscay, disguised as the...

Jalinus (also spelled Jilunus) was a 7th-century Armenian dynast, who was one of the leading figures in Sasanian Iran. He was the commander of the guard...

Margaret Henderson (née Watson) (27 May 1921 – 13 February 2007) was a Scottish dancer who made a significant contribution to Scottish country dancing...

Gertruid (Truuj) Bolwater (died 1511) was a legendary Dutch heroine, known as the defender of Venlo during its siege by Emperor Maximilian I when she climbed...

Joshua James (November 22, 1826 – March 19, 1902) was an American sea captain and a U.S. Life–Saving Station keeper. He was a famous and celebrated commander...

Eliadah "Lia" McCord (born March 27, 1973) is an American woman who was convicted of smuggling heroin in Bangladesh at the age of 18. She was subsequently...

Leighton David Gage (May 13, 1942 – July 26, 2013) was an American author of crime fiction best known for the Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigations...

The Great Bear is a 1992 lithograph by Simon Patterson. At first glance the work looks like the London Underground Tube map, but Patterson uses each line...

Mariana Marin (February 10, 1956 – March 31, 2003) was a Romanian poet. One of the most gifted and uncompromising poets of the 1980s generation, Adam J...

Lampadomancy is a form of divination using a single oil lamp or a torch flame. As with Lychnoscopy, the diviner reads presages from the movements of the...

Christy Hartburg is an actress and model who appeared in Russ Meyer's Supervixens (1975). She is the actress who adorns the famous poster for that film...