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Ishtar, the Mesopotamian goddess of love, sex and war
The ancient goddess responsible for both the fertility of life and the bloodshed of war.
The Battle of Antietam
The American Civil War battle that prompted Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
Megalosaurus: the first dinosaur to ever be scientifically named
The 'great lizard' that changed how we understood the history of life on our planet.
Casablanca
The classic 1942 movie that convinced Americans the Second World War was worth fighting.
Particle Accelerators
The enormous machines that seek to answer the fundamental questions about our universe.
Thomas More’s Utopia
How the description of a fictional island has fascinated readers for centuries.
