http://www.bing.com:80/search?q=Ogee+Tile+PatternSearch resultshttp://www.bing.com:80/s/a/rsslogo.gifhttp://www.bing.com:80/search?q=Ogee+Tile+PatternCopyright © 2026 Microsoft. All rights reserved. These XML results may not be used, reproduced or transmitted in any manner or for any purpose other than rendering Bing results within an RSS aggregator for your personal, non-commercial use. Any other use of these results requires express written permission from Microsoft Corporation. By accessing this web page or using these results in any manner whatsoever, you agree to be bound by the foregoing restrictions.https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/46886/what-is-the-history-of-the-roman-ogee-shapeThe word ogee has its origin in the French ogive, the pointed arch, or each half of it, consisting of two opposing curves. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities defines it nicely. The curve is visible in Vitruvius's description of Doric cornices: The sigmoid compound of two opposing curves, is of course a Classical molding, also present on the taijitu ("yin-yang") symbol and in Moroccan ...Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:04:00 GMThttps://history.stackexchange.com/questions/79957/did-the-greeks-cover-the-entire-distance-from-athens-to-marathon-in-a-single-dayThe five day standoff, plus the fact that it says nothing about how fast they got there strongly suggests to me that their arrival was unremarkable; that they did not march the distance in 1 day. It is fiendishly difficult to prove a negative, but I can find no evidence to support the notion that they marched the distance in a single day.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:02:00 GMThttps://history.stackexchange.com/questions/76561/how-does-one-find-historic-prices-for-goodsI need to find out the typical price of two things - namely bottled water (ie: a plastic individual-size bottle of still drinking water), and, gas-station type road maps - around 1995, in the USA. ...Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:12:00 GMThttps://history.stackexchange.com/questions/77110/what-do-we-know-about-the-pre-colonial-nature-of-tutsi-vs-hutu-relationsThere was a massive genocide in Rwanda in 1994 when close to a 500k-1M ethnic Tutsis were massacred by ethnic Hutus in the space of three months. (The population of Rwanda is 13M, about 85% Hutu, 15%Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:49:00 GMThttps://history.stackexchange.com/questions/79957/march-to-marathonWe don't have mcuh reliable information about the battle of Marathon. For example, Herodotus writes that the entire Greek army marched back to Athens on the day of the battle, but this is almostSun, 29 Mar 2026 19:19:00 GMThttps://history.stackexchange.com/questions/72245/did-stalin-prevent-the-partitioning-of-bulgaria-by-the-western-allies-after-ww2AFAIR, the territory controlled by the Western allies reverted to status quo ante bellum -the borders were not modified- with the exception of Yugoslavia seizing Trieste from Italy. OTOH, there were significant changes to the border in Eastern Europe, mostly to the benefit of the SU (you can count into it Poland getting parts of Germany as compensation for the territory anexed by the SU). So ...Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:52:00 GMThttps://history.stackexchange.com/questions/75955/are-there-written-historical-records-of-ships-possibly-affected-by-underwater-voUnderwater volcanic activity, although less impressive than its land counterparts, can still trigger interesting phenomena on the surface, like (temporary) islands popping out of nowhere, ocean bed...Tue, 31 Mar 2026 22:09:00 GMThttps://history.stackexchange.com/questions/79693/who-continued-to-fight-after-the-confederacy-surrenderedDuring the American Civil War, when the Confederate army surrendered, there was still fighting going on. Was that still parts of the Confederate army or was that some other Southern thing?Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:41:00 GMThttps://history.stackexchange.com/questions/79350/who-coined-the-term-blue-hour-to-refer-to-the-sky-after-sunsetDuring twilight, the light emitted by the sky is of a particular hue of blue for several minutes after the sunset (same happens several minutes before sunrise). This period of time has been termed ...Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:05:00 GMThttps://history.stackexchange.com/questions/71244/why-did-frank-james-jesses-brother-get-acquitted-and-how-was-he-close-with-prI don't understand what was in Frank's favor, when Younger spent 25 years in prison. There is this quote from the book The Day Jesse James Was Killed by Carl W. Breihan. Why would a (former) presid...Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:38:00 GMT