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Bamm-Bamm Rubble

Bamm-Bamm Rubble, also spelled Bam-Bam, is the super-strong adopted son of Barney and Betty Rubble in Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones, debuting October 3, 1963, voiced by Don Messick, husband of Pebbles Flintstone.

Bamnauli Mound

Bamnauli Mound (Kasuri) is an ancient archaeological mound at Bamnauli village, Baghpat district, Uttar Pradesh, India; a centrally protected ASI monument (N-UP-A87) with chalcolithic to post-Gupta cultural layers, distinct from other villages named Bamnauli.

Bamocaftor

Bamocaftor (VX-659) is Vertex's investigational next-generation CFTR corrector for F508del cystic fibrosis, tested with tezacaftor and ivacaftor; it met phase 3 endpoints but was never approved, elexacaftor being chosen instead.

Bamoth-Baal

Bamoth-Baal, meaning "heights of Baal," is a Moabite cult site named in Numbers 22:41 and Joshua 13:17, where Balak brought Balaam to view Israel; its location is unknown.

Bampur

Bampur, also known as Bampoor, is a prehistoric settlement mound in the Bampur river valley of south-eastern Iran, excavated in 1966 by Beatrice de Cardi, who defined six ceramic periods.

Bamum Kingdom

The Bamum Kingdom was a pre-colonial kingdom in western Cameroon, founded in 1394 with its capital at Foumban, best known for the Bamum script invented by King Ibrahim Njoya.

Bamum royal arts

Bamum royal arts are the courtly traditions of the Bamum kingdom in the Cameroon Grasslands, centered on Foumban, flourishing under King Ibrahim Njoya from about 1887.

Bamus

Bamus (South Son) is a dormant 2,248 m andesitic stratovolcano on New Britain, Papua New Guinea, southwest of Ulawun (the Father); last erupted about 1886, with 1990 seismic unrest and 2006 vapor emissions.

Bamzooki

Bamzooki was a British children's game show on CBBC, first broadcast in 2004, where teams of children built computer creatures called zooks that competed in virtual contests over the studio set.

Ban (law)

Ban (law): a legal prohibition of an activity, product, or substance, via statute, constitutional amendment, administrative order, or writ of prohibition. Covers creation, legality and proportionality limits, US alcohol Prohibition 1920–1933, and unintended consequences.

Ban (title)

Ban: governor or viceroy title used in medieval and early modern Croatia, Bosnia, and southern Hungary from the 10th century, revived in Yugoslavia's 1929-1941 banovinas; territory called banat or banovina; office abolished 1946-1947.

Ban Biao

Ban Biao (班彪) was an Eastern Han historian and official who continued Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian and fathered Ban Gu, Ban Chao, and Ban Zhao.

Ban Changthai

Ban Changthai (Ban Chang Thai, Baan Chang Thai) was an elephant camp in Klong Prao, Ko Chang, Trat, Thailand, offering rides, shows and bathing; rated 3.4/5 on Tripadvisor, excluded from bookings under animal welfare guidelines, and closed by April 2026.

Ban Chao

Ban Chao (班超), courtesy name Zhongsheng, was a Han-dynasty general and diplomat from Fufeng who served three emperors and reconquered the Western Regions for the Eastern Han.

Ban Chat hydroelectric plant

The Ban Chat hydroelectric plant (Thủy điện Bản Chát) is a 220 MW run-of-river dam on the Nậm Mu River in Lai Châu, Vietnam, built and operated by EVN.

Ban Chiang Archaeological Site

Ban Chiang Archaeological Site, a prehistoric habitation and burial mound in Udon Thani, Thailand, inscribed by UNESCO in 1992; key facts include its 1966 discovery, 1974–75 Penn Museum excavations, and disputed Bronze Age chronology.

Ban Chiang pottery

Ban Chiang pottery is prehistoric earthenware made at Ban Chiang, a village in northeast Thailand, from about 2100 BC to AD 200, famous for red-on-buff painted vessels.

Ban Dainagon Ekotoba

Ban Dainagon Ekotoba (伴大納言絵詞), also called Ban Dainagon Emaki, is a late Heian Japanese narrative handscroll depicting the Ōtenmon Conspiracy of 866, in which Tomo no Yoshio was exiled for arson.

Ban Gu

Ban Gu (班固) was an Eastern Han historian and poet who compiled the Han shu, the Book of Han, the first annals-biography history of a single dynasty.

Ban Hyo Jin

Ban Hyo Jin (반효진), South Korean 10m air rifle shooter born 2007 in Daegu; youngest female Olympic shooting champion, winning Paris 2024 gold in a shoot-off against Huang Yuting, plus 2025 world title.

Ban Jieyu

Ban Jieyu (班婕妤) was a consort of Emperor Cheng of the Western Han dynasty, famed for declining to share the imperial carriage and later withdrawing to Changxin Palace.

Ban Khor Sign Language

Ban Khor Sign Language (BKSL), locally called pasa kidd, is an indigenous village sign language used by deaf and hearing villagers in Ban Khor, northeastern Thailand.

Ban Ki-moon (반기문)

Ban Ki-moon (반기문, 潘基文), born 1944, South Korean diplomat and eighth UN Secretary-General (2007–2016); former foreign minister, six-party talks figure, climate and MDG initiatives, later IOC Ethics Commission chair.

Ban Kulin

Ban Kulin, ban of medieval Bosnia (before 1180–1204), issued the 29 August 1189 trade charter to Dubrovnik, the oldest South Slavic vernacular state document, and faced heresy accusations resolved at Bilino Polje in 1203.

Ban Nobutomo

Ban Nobutomo (伴信友), 1773 to 1846, was a Japanese kokugaku scholar and Obama domain retainer known for precise research on the classics, history, and Shinto.

Ban Nongphou

Ban Nongphou (Ban Nong Phu) is an abandoned rural settlement in Champasak Province, Laos, near the Wat Phou temple complex; the name also denotes villages in Khammouane and Xiangkhoang provinces.

Ban of Croatia

The Ban of Croatia was the highest office of the Croatian state, a viceroy governing on the king's behalf who later headed Croatia's autonomous government, abolished in 1946.

Ban on Unauthorized Cults

The Ban on Unauthorized Cults (禁断淫祀令) was a Cao Wei edict, issued after the state's founding, banning popular sacrifices that violated the Confucian ritual canon.

Ban Phe Botanic Garden Urban Forest

Ban Phe Botanic Garden Urban Forest (สวนพฤกษศาสตร์บ้านเพ), Rayong, Thailand: a 625-rai coastal botanic garden and beach forest, founded 1974 as Phe Arboretum, renamed 2013, free entry, DNP-managed.

Ban Phlu Luang dynasty

The Ban Phlu Luang dynasty (ราชวงศ์บ้านพลูหลวง) was the last royal dynasty of the Ayutthaya kingdom, founded by Phetracha in 1688 and ended when Burma destroyed Ayutthaya in 1767.