☀️ History Fact of the Day: The cult of Cybele came to Rome during the Second Punic War (218-201 BCE) when a sacred black meteorite symbolizing her was brought from Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). 

📷 Photo by Dave & Margie Hill / Kleerup. 

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🌾 History Fact of the Day: In Norse mythology, Freyr, the god of fertility and harvest, was also the mythical ancestor of the Swedish royal dynasty, the Ynglings. 

🖼️ Image by Jacques Reich. 

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🪄 History Fact of the Day: Heka, the ancient Egyptian god of magic and medicine, was not just a deity but the very personification of magic itself - the invisible power enabling all gods to perform their functions and sustaining the universe’s order.

📷 Photo by Zeinab Mohamed 

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👑 History Fact of the Day: Despite Shakespeare’s villainous portrayal of Richard III as a hunchbacked tyrant, contemporary evidence suggests he was trusted and supported by many. 

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📜 History Fact of the Day: Sappho wrote in the Aeolic Greek dialect, which was difficult for Latin writers, well-versed in Attic and Homeric Greek, to translate.

🖼️ Painting by John William Godward. 

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Scythian Warfare Scythian warfare used state-of-the-art recurve bows and hit-and-run tactics against set infantry formations. Working from nimble horses, Scythian warriors could unleash a cloud of lethal arrows. Known...

➡️ Read more about Scythian Warfare here: https://www.worldhistory.org/Scythian_Warfare/

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🐏 History Fact of the Day: The Golden Fleece (famous from the story of Jason and the Argonauts) was originally from a winged ram sent by the cloud nymph Nephele to save her children Phrixos and Helle. 

📷 Photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen. 

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Sammu-Ramat and Semiramis: The Inspiration and the Myth Sammu-Ramat (r. 811-806 BCE) was the queen regent of the Assyrian Empire who held the throne for her young son Adad Nirari III (r. 811-783 BCE) until he reached maturity. She is also known as Shammuramat...

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🏰 History Fact of the Day: Dover Castle, built by William the Conqueror, is one of England's largest castles, and also became one of the first castles to have concentric walls. 

📷 Photos by Nilfanion and Karen Rose.

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👻 History Fact of the Day: In Medieval folklore, the Wild Hunt was a group of ghostly warriors led by Odin and his warriors, said to bring death or misfortune if seen! 🐎

🖼️ Painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo, 1872.

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A painting called 'The Garden of the Hesperides', oil on canvas by Lord Frederick Leighton. 1892.

In one version of Hercules (Herakles) and his twelve labours, Hesperides, Greek nymphs of the evening, once lost their job guarding Hera's golden apples because they couldn't resist eating them. The serpent Ladon took over until Hercules came to the rescue. #HistoryFactOfTheDay #HistoryFacts

💬 History Fact of the Day: Did you know that Thucydides, an Athenian historian, documented over 100 speeches in his recounting of the Peloponnesian War? However, his own life remains largely undocumented. 

📷 Photo by Carole Raddato. 

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