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Wonderful Things: Howard Carter's Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb
The great discoverer of the treasures of King Tutankhamun, Howard Carter, was born on May 9, 1874 CE to Samuel John and Martha Joyce (Sands) Carter in Kensington, England. A sick, home-schooled child, Carter learned to draw and paint from...

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Chief Joseph (Eastman's Biography)
Chief Joseph (Heinmot Tooyalakekt, l. 1840-1904) was the leader of the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce Native American nation, who, in 1877, resisted forced relocation from his ancestral lands in the Wallowa Valley of northeastern Oregon and...

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Gospel of John
In the canon of the New Testament, the fourth gospel of John is uniquely different from the other three, known as the Synoptics ("seen together"). Mark, Matthew, and Luke have parallel ministries and methods of relating the story of Jesus...

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Howard Carter
Howard Carter (1874-1939), British Egyptologist and archaeologist, photographed on 8 May 1924.

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John the Baptist
John the Baptist (d. c. 30 CE) was a 1st-century CE itinerant preacher in Judea. We do not know his full name, but he is recognized by his activity. 'Baptizer' (Greek: baptizo) was translated directly into English and meant 'to immerse' or...

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Interview: The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert by John Lee
John Lee joins World History Encyclopedia to tell us all about his new book, The First Black Archaeologist: A Life of John Wesley Gilbert. Kelly (WHE): Thank you so much for joining me! Let us start by talking about what the book is about...

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A Buccaneer by Howard Pyle
An early 20th-century illustration by Howard Pyle showing a buccaneer. The buccaneers terrorized the Spanish Main from 1620 to 1697. (From Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish...

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Pirates on Shore by Howard Pyle
He Led Jack up to a Man Who Sat upon a Barrel' by Howard Pyle, an illustration for a 1921 edition of Jack Ballister's Fortunes by Howard Pyle and Merle De Vore (ed).

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An Armed Pirate by Howard Pyle
A sketch of an armed pirate from the Golden Age of Piracy by Howard Pyle (1853-1911).
From Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main, New York, Harper and Brothers.

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Marooned Mariner by Howard Pyle
A detail of a 1909 painting showing a marooned mariner by the artist and writer Howard Pyle (1853-1911). To be marooned without food or water, sometimes even without clothes, was a punishment given to a mariner or pirate who had seriously...