Scary Mythological Creatures: Kraken Pierre Denys de Montfort/Wikimedia CommonsA kraken grabs hold of a ship, preparing to pull it under the sea.
In the 18th century, the Norwegian bishop Erik Pontoppidon insisted that the Kraken was no myth. The fisherman of Norway had seen it first-hand countless times, usually on hot, summer days.
“Our fisherman usually affirm that when they row out several miles,” Pontoppidon said, “that the Kraken is at the bottom of the sea. Read More...
Though Francis Fukuyama cheerily declared that the world had reached “the end of history” in 1992, he was at best half right. True, the Soviet Union and its ideological model had collapsed, and the Western model of liberal democracy had prevailed. However, even as ideas come and go, the structures in which we house them tend to take a bit longer to disappear.
Such is the case with the monuments scattered across the former Soviet Union and former communist countries. Read More...
Take a trip into the past with these incredible historical movies, from wartime epics to period romances to biopics.While documentaries may be the most accurate way to understand history through film, often the best way to capture the true emotional weight of historical events is to portray them dramatically.
Since time immemorial, humans have been setting dramatic performances in the past to show people how past events shape their lives in the present. Read More...
