🎄 A Byzantine wall mosaic from Ravenna showing the three Wise Men or Magi (aka the Three Kings) who visited the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem.
The three figures are traditionally named as Balthazar, Melchior, and Caspar, although they are neither numbered nor named in the Bible's New Testament. Completed by 526 CE. (Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy).
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The three figures are traditionally named as Balthazar, Melchior, and Caspar, although they are neither numbered nor named in the Bible's New Testament. Completed by 526 CE. (Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy).
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🕌 An interior view of the Nasir al-Mulk (Nasir-ol-Molk) Mosque, also known as the Pink Mosque, in Shiraz (Iran). The mosque was constructed between 1876 CE and 1888 CE, during the Qajar Dynasty.
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✨ Egyptian Priestess Takushit.
Copper alloy with precious metal inlay statue of Egyptian priestess Takushit. 25th Dynasty, c. 670 BCE. Found near Alexandria. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens).
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Copper alloy with precious metal inlay statue of Egyptian priestess Takushit. 25th Dynasty, c. 670 BCE. Found near Alexandria. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens).
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🍷 Roman relief depicting Bacchus or Dionysus, the god of wine. Marble. 1st Century CE. (Archaeological Museum of Naples).
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🎄📖 How we celebrate Christmas today is largely shaped by a small group of authors who recorded festive traditions in the 19th century. These authors include Washington Irving (1783-1859), Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863), and Charles Dickens (1812-1870).
19th-century literature, sometimes expressly concentrating on Christmas and at other times merely using the holiday as a jovial setting for a fictional story, captured what were, in many cases, fast-disappearing traditions, which future generations would return to and update. Thus, such activities as carol singing and masque balls returned to fashion.
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19th-century literature, sometimes expressly concentrating on Christmas and at other times merely using the holiday as a jovial setting for a fictional story, captured what were, in many cases, fast-disappearing traditions, which future generations would return to and update. Thus, such activities as carol singing and masque balls returned to fashion.
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Christmas church services in the 13th century included the performance of a similar type of song, the simpler conductus, performed in Latin, and early carols were probably used in the same way to describe stories from the Bible.
Over time, the carol genre became particularly associated with the celebration of Christmas. Carols were designed to teach the Christian faith and offer a lively method of devotion. They spread across borders, carried by wandering monks and determined pilgrims, and so they became "part of the lingua franca of Christendom" (Poston, 12).
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Over time, the carol genre became particularly associated with the celebration of Christmas. Carols were designed to teach the Christian faith and offer a lively method of devotion. They spread across borders, carried by wandering monks and determined pilgrims, and so they became "part of the lingua franca of Christendom" (Poston, 12).
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On this day in 1918, Polish nationalists in Poznan launch an armed uprising against German rule. The violence is just one of several conflicts to break out in Eastern Europe in the aftermath of the First World War.
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U.S. Marines struggle ashore though 1 metre waves at Cape Gloucester, New Guinea. It happened on this day in 1943.
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Today in 1776, George Washington and 2,400 Continentals capture Trenton, NJ after crossing the Delaware the night before. The early-morning raid takes the Hessian garrison by surprise; 900 of the 1,500 defenders surrender. Washington's victory reenergizes the flagging rebellion.
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On this day in 1944, Patton's Third Army reaches the besieged 101st Airborne and 10th Armored divisions at Bastogne. The defenders had been holding out for six days.
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Today in 1915, one of WW1's oddest naval battles occurs as British motorboats Mimi & Toutou capture the German steamer Kingani on Lake Tanganyika between the Belgian Congo & German East Africa. Geoffrey Spicer-Simson, the eccentric British commander, renames his prize HMS Fifi.
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On this day in 1943, the German battleship Scharnhorst is sunk by the Royal Navy off Norway's North Cape.
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On this day in 1860, Britain's first iron warship, HMS Warrior, is launched. The 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate is the most powerful warship in the world at the time of her completion. You can still visit her today at PHDockyard
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On this day in 1943, troops from the 1st Canadian Division capture the Italian city of Ortona. The victory marks the end of the Allies' "Bloody December."
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On this day in 1918, Polish nationalists in Poznan launch an armed uprising against German rule. The violence is just one of several conflicts to break out in Eastern Europe in the aftermath of the First World War.
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In December of 1944, American Infantrymen ride into battle atop a foliage-covered Sherman tank near Freyneux, Belgium. 🪖
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