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(Encyclopedia) cemetery, name used by early Christians to designate a place for burying the dead. First applied in Christian burials in the Roman catacombs, the word cemetery came into general usage…July 2018 Current Events: World News
Top of Page US News | Science & Technology News | Disaster News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the world…Jean M. Auel
Name at birth: Jean Marie UntinenJean Auel is the author of the Earth's Children series of six novels, the first of which is The Clan of the Cave Bear, published in 1980. The books tell the epic…Gupta
(Encyclopedia) GuptaGuptag&oobreve;pˈtə [key], Indian dynasty, a.d. c.320–c.550, whose empire at its height encompassed much of N India. Ancient Indian culture reached a high point during this…hibernation
(Encyclopedia) hibernationhibernationhīˌbərnāˈshən [key] [Lat.,= wintering], practice, among certain animals, of spending part of the cold season in a more or less dormant state, apparently as…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: May 23, 1804
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark May 22, 1804May 24, 1804May 23, 1804 Wednesday May 23rd 8 Indians Kick. Came to Camp with meat we recved their pesents of 3 Deer & gave them…The Celtic Twilight: Regina, Regina Pigmeorum, Veni
by W. B. Yeats The Last Gleeman"And Fair, Fierce Women"Regina, Regina Pigmeorum, Veni One night a middle-aged man, who had lived all his life far from the noise of cab-wheels, a young…World Heritage Sites in the United States
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has identified 878 World Heritage sites that it considers of “outstanding universal value.“ In the United States…Aesop's Fables: The Lion and the Ass
by Aesop The Lark and the FarmerThe ProphetThe Lion and the Ass A Lion and an Ass set up as partners and went a-hunting together. In course of time they came to a cave in which there were…Aesop's Fables: The Old Lion
by Aesop The She-Goats and Their BeardsThe Boy BathingThe Old Lion A Lion, enfeebled by age and no longer able to procure food for himself by force, determined to do so by cunning.…Trending
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