Romania has its own traditions and rituals on Christmas Eve (Ajunul Crăciunului). On this day, December 24, the Christmas tree is decorated, and the celebrations officially start. On this day, kids ...

X-Seed 4000 is a 13,100-foot (4,000-meter) tall megastructure with 800 floors. It has a capacity for 1 million people living inside at the same time. The X-Seed 4000 is a floating “ocean city” off the ...

The sarissa is a spear that was in use in the early third century BC and was between 180 and 300 inches in length (4.5–7.5 m). During Alexander the Great‘s conquests and the Wars of the Diadochi, this ...

The Lucerne hammer is a type of polearm weapon, which combines the features of a stabbing, striking, and polearm weapon. It was used extensively by European infantrymen from the 15th century up to the ...

The Tokyo Tower of Babel is a proposed hyperbuilding in the city of Tokyo that is 33,000 feet or 6,2 miles (10 km) tall. The Tokyo Tower of Babel was designed as a new megastructure by Professor ...

The flamberge sword was advantageous because its blade significantly reduced the striking surface upon contact with the target. The concentrated force of the wavy blade’s impact made the curved edge ...

The Celts are Indo-European peoples originating from the Danube Valley, who settled in much of Europe in antiquity. These tribes spoke the same language, with variations, and shared certain religious ...

Christmas in Honduras: Traditions, Celebrations, and Cuisine Christians, mostly practicing Catholicism and Evangelicalism, make up the bulk of Honduran society. The nation's constitution guarantees ...

In many derogatory titles that had little to do with the actual inhabitants of the area, Tartaria became the most popular term for Central Asia and Siberia in European sources. European knowledge of ...

The Song Dynasty began in 960 CE, following several decades of political chaos in China. China was divided and in the midst of civil war, with each faction trying to recreate the Empire and take ...

The Sky City 1000 is a project to build a mega-skyscraper that is 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) tall. It was first proposed by Takenaka Corporation in 1989. The Sky City 1000 was formerly known as Tokyo’s ...

The spontoon is a pole weapon that was commonly used in Europe from the 17th to the 19th centuries. It was a long polearm, often exceeding 80 inches in length, with a sharp tip and an inverted ...