Ancient Mysteries

Peter the Great (1672–1725) was a Russian czar who ruled from 1682 until his death…

Cyrus the Great (c. 600–530 BCE) was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire, the first…

Vasco da Gama (c. 1460–1524) was a Portuguese explorer who became one of the most…

Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) was a Russian revolutionary leader and the founder of the Russian Soviet…

Emperor Wen of Sui (541–604), born Yang Jian, was the founder and first emperor of…

Mani (circa 216-274 CE) was a Persian prophet and the founder of Manichaeism, a syncretic…

Gregory G. Pincus (1903-1967) was an American biologist and endocrinologist who played a pivotal role…

Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was an English economist and demographer best known for his influential…

Marie Curie (1867-1934) was a pioneering physicist and chemist who made groundbreaking contributions to the…

Cleopatra VII (69–30 BCE) was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt,…

Mikhail Gorbachev (1931–2022) was a Soviet statesman who served as the last leader of the…

Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was an Italian polymath whose contributions spanned a wide range of…

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) was an Italian diplomat, philosopher, and historian whose works laid the foundation…

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) was a French philosopher, writer, and composer whose ideas greatly influenced the…

Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) was a Swiss mathematician and physicist whose work has profoundly influenced many…

Johannes Kepler (1571–1630) was a German astronomer and mathematician who made pivotal contributions to the…

Voltaire, born François-Marie Arouet (1694–1778), was a leading French Enlightenment philosopher, writer, and critic. Renowned…

Laozi, traditionally believed to have lived during the 6th century BCE, is a seminal figure…

Suleiman the Magnificent (c. 1494–1566) was the 10th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, ruling from…