Incense Incense (Latin:aromatic biotic materials. It releases fragrant smoke when burned. The term incense refers to the substance itself, rather than to the odor that it produces. Many religious ceremonies and spiritual purificatory rites employ incense, a practice that persists to this day. Incense is also used in medicine and for its aesthetic value. The forms taken by incense have changed with advances in technology, differences in the underlying culture, and diversity in the reasons for burning it. Incense
Hill of Tara The Hill of Tara (Irish Teamhair na Rí, "Hill of the Kings"), located near the River Boyne, is an archaeological complex that runs between Navan and Dunshaughlin in County Meath, Leinster, Ireland. It contains a number of ancient monuments, and, according to tradition, was the seat of Árd Rí na hÉireann, or the High King of Ireland. Hill_of_Tara
Servilia Caepionis Servilia Caepionis (b. c.107 BC - d. after 42 BC) is one of the few Roman women cited by ancient sources, mainly because she was the mistress of Julius Caesar, mother of one of Caesar's assassins, Brutus, mother-in-law of another Caesar assassin Cassius, and half-sister of Cato the Younger. Servilia_Caepionis
Three Kingdoms of Korea The Three Kingdoms of Korea () refer to the ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula and parts of Manchuria for much of the 1st millennium CE. The Three Kingdoms period ran from 57 BC until Silla's triumph over Goguryeo in 668, which marked the beginning of the North and South States period (남북국시대) of Unified Silla in the South and Balhae in the North. Three_Kingdoms_of_Korea
Cynocephaly "Doghead" redirects here. For other meanings, see Doghead (disambiguation). The condition of cynocephaly, having the head of a dog jackal—cynocephalus "dog-head", which derives from . Cynocephaly
Palestrina Palestrina (ancient Praeneste) is an ancient city and comune (municipality) with a population of about 18,000, in Lazio, c. 35 km east of Rome. It is connected to latter by the Via Prenestina. Palestrina is sited on a spur of the Monti Prenestini, a range in the central Apennines.Palestrina borders the following municipalitiesArtena, Castel San Pietro Romano, Cave, Gallicano nel Lazio, Labico, Rocca di Cave, Rocca Priora, Rome, San Cesareo, Valmontone, Zagarolo. Palestrina
Diary of a Madman (story) "Diary of a Madman" (1835) (RussianЗаписки сумасшедшего) is a farcical short story by Nikolai Gogol. Along with "The Overcoat" and "The Nose," "Diary of a Madman" is considered to be one of Gogol's greatest short stories. The tale centers on the life of a minor civil servant during the repressive era of Nicholas I. Diary_of_a_Madman_(story)
Singidunum Singidunum was an ancient Roman city, first settled by the Celtic Scordisci tribe in the 3rd century BC, and later garrisoned and fortified by the Romans who romanized the name. Known today as Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia, birthplace to the Roman Emperor Jovian. It has arisen (according to legend and verified history) from its ashes 38 times. Singidunum
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (ca 160 BCE Roman Senate and a bitter enemy of Gaius Marius.In his youth he was sent to Athens, where he studied under Carneades, celebrated philosopher and great master of oratory. He returned ostensibly cultured and with brilliant oratorical skills.He was a Quaestor in 126 BCE, a Tribune in 121 BCE, an Aedile in 118 BCE, a Praetor in 115 BCE, Governor of Sicily in 114 BCE and elected Consul in 109 BCE, whereupom he led the war in Numidia against Jugurtha. Quintus_Caecilius_Metellus_Numidicus
Ghaghara River Karnali or Ghaghara (also spelled the Gogra, Ghaghra or Ghagra, Nepali Kauriala or Manchu or the Karnali, In the Uttarakhand and Pilibhit, Shahjanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, the river is called Khakra), literally holy water from the sacred mountain, (Karnali also means “Turquoise River”), is a trans-boundary perennial river which originates on the Tibetan plateau (Karnali is called K'ung-ch'iao Ho in ChineseLake Manasarovar, cuts through the Himalayas in Nepal on its way to the confluence with the Sarda River at Brahmaghat in India where it forms the Ghaghra River, a major left bank tributary of the Ganges. Ghaghara_River
Osorkon I The son of Shoshenq I and his chief consort, Karomat A, Osorkon I was the second king of Egypt's 22nd Dynasty and ruled around 922 BC-887 BC. He succeeded his father Shoshenq I who probably died within 2-3 years of his successful 925 BC campaign against the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Osorkon_I