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Sacred monumental building of the Etruscans discovered in Vulci

by HistoryBuff November 12, 2022, 9:16 pm

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TIL Romans used Geese as guard animals due to their very aggressive nature and large numbers. They were so effective Romans considered them sacred

by whatilearned October 29, 2022, 10:53 pm

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What Makes a Mountain Historically Sacred? One Common Characteristic

by HistoryBuff August 26, 2022, 9:46 pm

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TIL that the town of Brodilovo, Bulgaria has a sacred annual dog spinning tradition

by whatilearned August 25, 2022, 5:32 pm

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I was watching a show about Ancient Egypt, and they mentioned that there were Seven Sacred Oils that they used to anoint the dead with.

by cringeyjokesman July 24, 2022, 6:26 pm

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TIL Sparta was defeated in battle by an elite Theban unit called the Sacred Band. The unit was made up of 150 pairs of male lovers who would fight harder with their lover by their side.

by whatilearned July 16, 2022, 4:42 pm

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TIL Ancient Egyptians used to bury Sacred Bulls in 60+ tonne sarcophagi, two dozen of them remain in the Serapeum of Saqqara

by whatilearned May 27, 2022, 4:48 pm

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TIL the hummingbird brain is 4.2% of its body weight, twice higher than the human brain at only 2% proportionally.They remember well their migration routes, and the yard and flowers they visited the previous year. Some consider them sacred, and in mythology they are healers helping people in need.

by whatilearned May 15, 2022, 8:40 pm

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Between the 7th and 16th centuries, anonymous pilgrims and other travellers left behind traces of their presence throughout the eastern Mediterranean region, where the walls of sacred sites are emblazoned with thousands of Latin inscriptions

by HistoryBuff May 10, 2022, 9:12 pm

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TIL that the Shunganunga boulder, a 23-ton red quartzite rock, was moved by glaciers from the Dakotas to Kansas hundreds of thousands of years ago; the boulder is sacred to the Kanza tribe (expelled from the state named after them) and Shunganunga translates to “Big Red Rock” in their language.

by whatilearned May 4, 2022, 4:26 pm

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TIL that Yahweh is not the actual name of the Abrahamic God but a representation of the consonants within, YHWH. God’s full name was considered too sacred to spell out entirely and thus the real vowels within are lost to time.

by whatilearned April 15, 2022, 7:19 pm

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Pickle haters… how do you continue to deny the alluring temptations of the Lord’s most sacred creation?

by QuestionGuy March 30, 2022, 8:19 am

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