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- Knossos, also spelled Knossus, Cnossus, Gnossus (in traditional Greek Κνωσός, in Mycenaean Greek ko-no-so, and ku-ni-su in Minoan), is ...13 KB (2,102 words) - 03:56, 4 March 2023
- Federico Fellini or Frederico Rimini-Fellini, as his contemporaries referred to him, (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993) was one of the most ...35 KB (5,656 words) - 01:57, 26 March 2024
- Korean empress Queen Min was assassinated in the early hours of October 8, 1895, at Okho-ru (옥호루, 玉壺樓) Pavilion in the Geoncheonggung ...8 KB (1,170 words) - 04:26, 23 March 2024
- Pompeii is a ruined city of Roman Empire near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompeii. It ...14 KB (2,204 words) - 08:49, 24 November 2022
- Isaac Emmanuilovich Babel, Russian: Исаак Эммануилович Бабель ( 13 July|1894|1 July – January 27, 1940) was a Soviet ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 18:50, 7 March 2024
- Edward Steichen (March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973) was an American pioneer in the history of photography and its struggle to be accepted as ...20 KB (3,055 words) - 23:52, 12 February 2024
- Etching is the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in ...21 KB (3,460 words) - 01:27, 19 March 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Communication Category:Biography Capa, Robert Robert Capa (October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was ...13 KB (2,002 words) - 21:11, 16 April 2023
- Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. More than ...12 KB (1,894 words) - 04:15, 23 March 2024
- Mathew B. Brady (ca. 1823 - January 15, 1896), was a celebrated American photographer whose rise to prominence occurred largely in the years ...9 KB (1,405 words) - 16:51, 7 November 2022
- Assisi is a small city in the Perugia province of the Umbria region of Italy. It is situated on the western flank of Monte Subasio at an elevation ...13 KB (1,967 words) - 05:01, 18 August 2023
- Ralph Waldo Ellison (March 1, 1913 – April 16, 1994) was an African-American scholar and writer who is considered to be one of the most important ...13 KB (2,109 words) - 00:29, 8 December 2022
- Julia Margaret Cameron (June 11, 1815 – January 26, 1879) was a British photographer. She became known for her portraits of celebrities of ...15 KB (2,391 words) - 21:09, 4 October 2022
- Tikal (or Tik’al, according to the more current orthography) is the largest of the ancient ruined cities of the Mayan peoples—a people who ...19 KB (2,902 words) - 23:34, 30 April 2023
- The uncertainty principle, sometimes called the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, states that interaction and mechanical action come in quanta ...26 KB (4,014 words) - 01:33, 3 May 2023
- Canon, Inc. (キヤノン株式会社, Kyanon Kabushiki Gaisha 7751 , CAJ ) is a Japanese multinational corporation that specializes in imaging ...24 KB (3,502 words) - 19:26, 25 November 2023
- The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by the United States federal government, is the world's largest medical library, ...13 KB (1,876 words) - 11:58, 3 May 2023
- Abuja is both a Federal Capital Territory within the nation of Nigeria and a city within that territory which serves as the nation's capital ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 07:06, 14 June 2023
- John Henry "Doc" Holliday (August 14, 1851 – November 8, 1887) was an American dentist, gambler, and gunfighter of the American Old ...32 KB (5,281 words) - 16:31, 29 January 2024
- About eight hundred Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of trees (rarely shrubs), the members of which dominate the tree flora of Australia. There are ...15 KB (2,373 words) - 12:22, 21 January 2023
- The Harmandir Sahib (Punjabi: ਹਰਿਮੰਦਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ) or Darbar Sahib (Punjabi: ਦਰਬਾਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ), also known as ...15 KB (2,334 words) - 18:54, 23 June 2020
- The Bolshoi Theater ( Большой театр , Bol'shoy Teatr, Large Theater) is a theater and opera company in Moscow, Russia, which ...6 KB (876 words) - 07:17, 17 November 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Philosophy [[Image:Hogarth-satire-on-false-pespective-1753.jpg|thumb|right ...52 KB (7,802 words) - 17:57, 26 March 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations [[Image:Reuters-Building-30SC.JPG|right|thumb|250px|The Reuters Building in ...17 KB (2,456 words) - 19:58, 8 December 2022
- Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after İstanbul. The city is located in the northwestern part of the ...15 KB (2,370 words) - 06:36, 28 July 2023
- A caterpillar is the larval stage of a member of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). They are essentially ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 00:08, 1 December 2023
- Category:Media Organizations [[Image:450px-The_associated_press_building_in_new_york_city.jpg|thumb|250px|The Associated Press Building in ...15 KB (2,343 words) - 05:02, 18 August 2023
- Betty Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 2, 1973) was an American dancer, singer, and actor. Her iconic bathing suit photo made her the number ...18 KB (2,765 words) - 14:44, 23 July 2022
- Founded perhaps as early as the tenth century, Timbuktu is an African city in the modern day nation of Mali. Occupying a strategic location in ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 23:36, 30 April 2023
- Gravel is rock that is of a certain particle size range. In geology, gravel is any loose rock that is larger than two millimeters (mm) (about ...6 KB (948 words) - 18:27, 20 January 2023
- Eugène Ionesco, born Eugen Ionescu, (November 26, 1909 – March 29, 1994) was a French-Romanian playwright and dramatist, one of the foremost ...15 KB (2,272 words) - 04:19, 23 March 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Illusion [[Image:Optical grey squares orange brown.svg|thumb|200 px|An optical ...32 KB (4,837 words) - 16:27, 12 February 2024
- Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (December 2, 1924 - February 20, 2010) was an American statesman and military leader. He retired as a general from the ...40 KB (5,553 words) - 13:50, 18 July 2023
- Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein ( Антон Григорьевич Рубинштейн ) (November 28, 1829 – November 20, 1894) was a Russian ...7 KB (986 words) - 06:51, 31 July 2023
- Hallasan (한라산, 漢拏山), a shield volcano on Jeju Island of South Korea, is the highest mountain in South Korea. Along with Jirisan and ...6 KB (934 words) - 22:48, 3 August 2023
- Parsnip is a hardy, biennial, strongly-scented plant (Pastinaca sativa), which is a member of the parsley family (Apiaceae or Umbelliferae), ...7 KB (1,014 words) - 08:54, 18 November 2022
- Chikee or Chickee ("house" in the Creek and Mikasuki languages spoken by the Seminoles and Miccosukees) is a shelter supported by posts ...7 KB (1,029 words) - 15:22, 10 December 2023
- Dorothea Lange (May 25, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her ...14 KB (2,023 words) - 17:26, 30 January 2024
- category:fix cite refs {{Infobox Writer | name = Osip Mandelstam | image = Osip Mandelstam.jpg | imagesize = 150px | caption = ...14 KB (1,927 words) - 04:37, 18 November 2022
- A halo ( ἅλως ; also known as a nimbus, glory, or gloriole) is a ring of light used in religious art, sculpture, and iconography to depict ...19 KB (3,001 words) - 23:21, 3 August 2023
- In the arts, Baroque is a period as well as the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension ...30 KB (4,617 words) - 10:52, 20 September 2023
- The United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government charged ...18 KB (2,561 words) - 01:36, 11 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Mythical creatures [[Image:Banshee.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Banshee. photo by ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 07:29, 20 September 2023
- Algiers ( الجزائر or Al Jaza'ir, Alger ) is the capital, chief seaport, and largest city of Algeria, the second largest country on ...19 KB (2,767 words) - 00:36, 9 January 2023
- A flight simulator is a system that tries to replicate, or simulate, the experience of flying an aircraft as closely and realistically as possible ...23 KB (3,448 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the Moon passes through some portion of the Earth's shadow. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and ...10 KB (1,531 words) - 10:38, 9 March 2023
- Hyperopia or hypermetropia, commonly known as farsightedness or longsightedness, is an abnormal eye condition whereby there is better visual ...9 KB (1,278 words) - 13:21, 4 February 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Mythical creatures [[Image:Loch-Ness-Monster.jpg|thumb|400px|Loch Ness Monster ...23 KB (3,593 words) - 16:55, 6 November 2023
- Martha Jane Canary-Burke, better known as Calamity Jane (May 1, 1852 - August 1, 1903), was a frontiers woman and professional scout. She gained ...8 KB (1,247 words) - 18:20, 25 November 2023
- A cathedral is an impressive Christian church that traditionally contained the seat of a bishop. The great Cathedrals of the world represent ...26 KB (4,257 words) - 00:10, 1 December 2023
