Sarafan (Russian: сарафан, sarafan, Persian: سراپا‎, sarâpâ) is a traditional Russian women’s sleeveless outer garment. It is a flared pinafore dress, the pattern, usage, and user base of which have ...

A cold weapon is a type of hand weapon that doesn’t rely on fire, explosions, compressed gas, or electricity to operate. Instead, it works through direct muscular strength to produce its impact. Some ...

Bojutsu is a traditional Japanese martial art that focuses on the use of a long staff as its central weapon. Bojutsu is a martial arts discipline that often assumes the presence of an imagined ...

Elsa Einstein was Albert Einstein's cousin and his second wife. She was born on January 18, 1876, in Hechingen and died on December 20, 1936 in New Jersey.

During Genghis Khan’s rule, a tradition was followed where the most attractive women from each tribe were selected by Genghis Khan to be his concubines. Aside from Mongolian women, these concubines ...

It is a club-style Japanese cold weapon known for its durability and reliability. It is a heavy and powerful club typically made of iron or steel. Like the rest of the weapon, the striking part of the ...

Different forms of the name “Habiru,” such as “Abiru,” “Apiru,” and “Hapiru,” all relate to the same group of people mentioned in ancient Near Eastern literature from the second millennium BC. The ...

An advert for P.T. Barnum’s “Feejee Mermaid” in 1842. The stories of mermaids have been told for thousands of years. Even today, those who go out into the ocean keep their eyes peeled for this ...

A glaive is a European polearm used in close combat by heavy infantry. It is made of a wooden pole between 4 to 5 feet long with a spearhead of 1.3 to 2 feet long and 2 to 2.8 inches in width. The tip ...

Sendai Daikannon is a statue located in Izumi-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It is the second tallest statue in Japan, after Ushiku Daibutsu. The statue represents the Shingon School of ...

The “Khepresh” is an ancient Egyptian exclusively royal head covering, one of the important regal insignia by which a king’s person was distinguished from others in depictions. Due to its color and ...

X-Seed 4000 is a 13,100-foot (4,000-meter) tall megastructure with 800 floors. It has a capacity for 1 million people living inside at the same time. The X-Seed 4000 is a floating “ocean city” off the ...