Meet some of the world's most-colorful characters in this collection. From Roman times to the Spanish Main, these individuals were famous in their own lifetimes and later, when their stories became the "stuff of legends."
As an unfavorable wind began pushing Spanish ships toward the sand banks of Flanders, priests on board ship began hearing the sailors' last confession...
This image depicts Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union during World War II, and includes the way his name appears in Russian.
Gudea was a Prince of Lagash who lived during the troubled period following the end of the reign of Naram-Sin (who had led the Akkadian Empire to its ...
This image depicts a plaster cast which copies a marble statue of Oinomaos, the father of Hippodameia.
One of the most-recognized monuments in the world, Stonehenge - situated on the Salisbury Plain - is about 5,000 years old.
On the Pacific Island of Yap, people used stone money for hundreds of years to purchase rights and grow their wealth. It's an interesting story.
On the 24th of January, 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, where James Marshall (who was building a saw mill for himself and John Sutter) fou...
This image depicts a vase on which an ancient Greek artist has created the story of Hippodameia and Pelops.
February 3, 1959, is known as "the day the music died" when Buddy Holly (22), Ritchie Valens (17) and J.P. ("The Big Bopper") Richardson (28) died whe...
The body of "Bloody Bill" Anderson, depicted with revolver-in-hand.
Sir John Hurt, who died on 25 January 2017, portrayed ''The Elephant Man.'' When thinking about character education, we'd do well to examine the life ...
Bookcover image of The Night Before Christmas, by Clement C.
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