Arc de Triomphe, in full Arc de Triomphe de l’Étoile, massive triumphal arch in Paris, France, one of the world’s best-known commemorative monuments. The...
Throughout history there have been people willing to rob others transporting goods on the water. These people, known as pirates, mainly targeted ships, though...
Piracy can be defined as “the act of attacking ships in order to steal from them”, and one who participates in this act is known simply as a pirate. As simple as this may...
Gargoyles are decorative waterspouts found primarily in Medieval Christian architecture. Gargoyles can be carvings of humans or animals, but most famously, gargoyles can also be...
Chances are, you might have first heard about the Mayans as just another Mesoamerican civilization that has built pyramids and sacrificed humans to their...