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Deception has a long history in human storytelling. People have always told tall tales and fabricated stories, sometimes to impress, sometimes to protect, and sometimes just for the thrill of it. From mythical creatures to legendary curses, these untruths have left a lasting mark on humanity's collective imagination.

12 Biggest Lies Told in Human History

Emily Standley Allard

In the mystical realm where astrology intersects with spiritual beliefs, certain zodiac signs are thought to possess inherent qualities that offer protection against malevolent entities and negative energies. This intriguing concept has roots in ancient astrology and cultural traditions worldwide, where the alignment of the stars at one's birth is believed to influence not only personality traits but also spiritual protection. This post delves into the 5 celestial shields of the zodiac, highlighting signs that are particularly noted for their protective aura against evil spirits.

5 Zodiac Signs That Possess a Protective Aura Against Evil Spirits

Archaeological discoveries often bring the past to life in vivid and unexpected ways. While conducting an excavation in Jerusalem, archaeologists uncovered a monumental structure that not only enriches our understanding of ancient architecture, but also ties closely to biblical narratives. This significant find sheds light on the topographical and historical aspects of one of the oldest cities in history: the City of David.

Archaeologists Discover 3,000-Year-Old Moat Referenced in the Bible

American idioms are as colorful as they are confusing. Filled with references to sports, poetry, animals, and even pasta, they often leave non-native speakers scratching their heads. Even many Americans are stumped by the origins of these 24 quirky phrases when they pause to think about them. 1: Shoot the...

24 Phrases Most Americans Say But Can’t Explain

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Many places across the world have been named "gates of hell" for various reasons. Here are a few well-known examples.

Just How Many “Gates To Hell” Are There On Earth?

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. Introduction:Natalia Bryant, the eldest daughter of the late basketball legend Kobe Bryant, has captivated the public eye with her striking beauty and blossoming career. Now 21, Natalia is stepping into the spotlight, carving out her own identity in Hollywood and beyond.

Kobe Bryant’s Eldest Daughter Natalia Has Grown Into a REAL BEAUTY!

Tracing their ancestral home to the picture-perfect Channel Islands, the Chumash likely descend from some of the Americas' earliest settlers. When I was in elementary school, my class read a book called Island of the Blue Dolphins about a young Indigenous girl who was stranded on an island off the coast of California. The novel is based on the true story of the "Lone Woman of San Nicolas", who supposedly lived alone on San Nicolas Island for 18 years during the mid-19th Century, after the rest of her native American tribe was relocated to the mainland by missionaries.

California's little-known ancient society

Reading Danez Smith’s new collection, Bluff, I was reminded of a famous quotation: “I love America more than any other country in the world,” said James Baldwin, “and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”. While Smith certainly (and aptly)...

The Annotated Nightstand: What Danez Smith is Reading Now, and Next

I am a city in translation. What I say to you is not in the language. I carry. You will never understand the pidgin of my soil. because you, poet, are always a foreigner. It is true. that your grandmother’s bones are interred in me,. and I know you...

“The Prodigal Converses with the Land,” a Poem by Kwame Dawes

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The excavation is one of the many carried out in the City of David National Park to help expand and reassess the understanding of history and biblical accounts of the ancient city.

Archaeological dig in Jerusalem finds fortifications believed to be from time of King David: See the photos

The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast features a series of conversations with past and present Windham-Campbell Prize winners about their favorite books and plays. Hosted by Michael Kelleher. m. nourbeSe philip (winner of a 2024 Windham Campbell Prize for Poetry) talks with Prize Director Michael Kelleher about Kamau Brathwaite’s tremendous collection, Born...

m. nourbeSe philip on Kamau Brathwaite’s Born to Slow Horses

If you were putting together a heist crew, how many poets would you include? If you’re Roberto Bolaño, it’s all poets; no getaway drivers, no safecrackers, no wisecracking tech experts. Just poets. The writer and poet Alina Stefanescu shared a fun, short piece by Roberto Bolaño yesterday...

Roberto Bolaño’s bank heist plan involves five poets.

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“Although Nazis were more famous for burning books, they also sold them.” Evan Friss on when the Nazis opened a propaganda bookstore in Los Angeles. | Lit Hub Bookstores. the literary film and TV you need to watch this fall. | Lit Hub Film. “He was not one of...

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The following is from Gayl Jones' The Unicorn Woman. Jones was born in Kentucky in 1949. She attended Connecticut College and Brown University, and has taught at Wellesley College and the University of Michigan. Her landmark books include Corregidora, Eva’s Man, The Healing (a National Book Award finalist and New York Times Notable Book of the Year), Palmares (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction), and The Birdcatcher (National Book Award finalist).

The Unicorn Woman

Though the big houses keep a-mergin’, the publishing wheel keeps on turnin’. In this case, that wheel is a romance media company. Romancelandia, meet 831 stories. Erica Cerulo and Claire Mazur are the minds behind the new company, whose title is “a nod to late-’90s pager code for “I love you.” 831 Stories is a romance imprint with big dreams. It’s also the end of a thought experiment. Creators Cerulo and Mazur wanted to know if it was possible to “strip the label of guilty pleasure from the joyful experience of reading romance, and make it just…pleasure?”

A new literary start-up wants reading to be sexier.

EDINBURGH, Scotland — Researchers have uncovered what might be the world’s oldest solar calendar at Göbekli Tepe, a 12,000-year-old archaeological site in southern Turkey. This ancient timekeeping system, etched into stone pillars, could be more than just a way to track the seasons – it might also serve as a memorial to a catastrophic comet strike that changed the course of human history.

World’s oldest calendar discovered in ancient temple may rewrite birth of civilization

Ancient discoveries captivate history enthusiasts worldwide, offering a window into the stark contrasts between past and present. Yet, some finds hold even deeper significance. A 4,000-year-old stone, once a mere relic, has transformed into a treasure map. According to IFL Science, researchers have expressed delight in the finding of the stone and have made quite a few interesting references.

Archaeologists stunned by 4000-year-old stone that gives a map of historical sites

Day of love and lovers, of hearts and roses red! Is Geoffrey Chaucer, the great poet-pilgrim of medieval England, to blame for this? Some say so: that it was he who transformed the ordinary enough feast day of an ordinary enough saint (what business does a saint have with all this hearts-and-roses stuff, anyway?) into a festival of courtly love. The association of February 14 with romance may have hatched about halfway into Chaucer’s poem “The Parliament of Fowls,” with these lines: For this was on Seynt Valentines day/Whan every foul cometh ther to chese his make. Saint Valentine’s Day—when every bird comes to choose his mate.

Rosie Schaap on Losing Her Husband: “He Wanted to Go on Reading Because He Wanted to Go on Living.”

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Few things are more wonderful than well-written and produced children’s books. They captivate kids, families and classrooms, leaving lifelong impressions. They shape our world. But for the most part, engaging and scientifically accurate children’s books on Australian animals – particularly the lesser-known species – are sorely lacking. 

In contrast, books about animals from the northern hemisphere abound. They dominate the shelves in our libraries and bookstores. 



Failing to appreciate and celebrate Australian natural history has serious consequences. In the midst of Australia’s biodiversity crisis, it is crucial Australians learn about the remarkable species that call this large and diverse continent...

Here’s why more Australian scientists should team up with authors on books about animals

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What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

Elif Shafak’s There Are Rivers in the Sky, Alexis Pauline Gumbs’ Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde, and Moon Unit Zapa’s Earth...

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

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