The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is one of the most famous love stories in world literature. The tragic story has been described by both Ovid and Virgil.
American university teacher Hiram Bingham III (1875-1956) became known as the discoverer of the world-famous Inca city of Machu Picchu in Peru. When he ‘discovered’ the city on July 24, 1911, he was given a tour by a number of Peruvians who had lived in the area around the Inca city for some time. Machu Picchu was nothing new to these locals.
Politics
After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent German reunification (1990), many residents of the former GDR were happy that they could finally…
Technology
In the Catholic tradition, the stigmata are known as visible wounds on a believer’s body, precisely on those parts of the body where Jesus was…
Sports
The term sehnsucht still regularly crops up in different languages. The German word is difficult to translate and actually has no equivalent in the English language. What does it mean?
Health
There are, of course, many stories as well as myths about American presidents. A little-known myth is that of Track 61, a railroad that was supposedly built especially for U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. What exactly is this story about?
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