Northumbria (Latin:Northumbria, Old English:Norþanhymbra) is a medieval kingdom located in present-day northern England and was one of the main kingdoms of the Heptarchy. Its notoriety is above all linked to its role in the propagation of Nicene Christianity on the island and to the constitution of
Vasilij Ghrighorevich Zajciev (Cyrillic:Василий Григорьевич Зайцев) (March 23, 1915 – December 15, 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II who killed 225 soldiers and officers of the Wehrmacht and its allies between 10 November and December 17, 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad. Before Nove
The Sumerian Royal List is a list of kings of Mesopotamia that has been found in various archaeological and documentary artifacts, with slight variations. The best preserved of all, and the one with the longest list, is the so-called Weld-Blundell Prism, a vertical clay prism inscribed in cuneiform
A World War I French helmet protects soldiers better in the event of explosions than the helmets used by the US military today, a century later, according to a recent study. Duke University biomedical technology researchers have shown that (…) modern military helmets do not better protect the brain