(Encyclopedia) New Caledonia, Fr. Nouvelle Calédonie, officially Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies, internally self-governing dependency of France (2015 est. pop. 269,000), land area 7,241…
Baffling boneA new word is born1822 Giant iguana1824 First described1853 First life-size models1860 First bird1878 First skeletons1880s The bone warsDinosaur fossils have been emerging from the…
by Liz Olson The Great Plains is an area of the United States stretching east to west from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and north to south from Canada to Mexico. Native…
Achilles: The Angry Young HeroClassical MythologyAchilles: The Angry Young HeroDon't Try This at Home!To War!The Final Battles Of all the heroes who fought in the 10-year Trojan War, none approached…
(Encyclopedia) Mound Builders, in North American archaeology, name given to those people who built mounds in a large area from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Mississippi River to…
(Encyclopedia) sacrifice [Lat. sacrificare=to make holy], a type of religious offering, or gift to a superior or supreme being, in which the offering is consecrated through its destruction.
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“Mothers of the Earth,” “Queens of the Universe,” “Queens of the Heavens,” all are goddesses believed to be creators, lawmakers, prophets, healers, hunters, battle leaders, and truth-givers. Let…
