AvatarKevin McGrathAncient Rome The truth behind Ancient Rome's most controversial woman verified_publisherBBC Culture - Daisy DunnRome's first Empress Livia Drusilla has long been demonised as a murderous villainess. But as a new TV drama about her premieres, Daisy Dunn tries to separate fact from fiction. "Livia: a blight upon nation...
AvatarKevin McGrathUnited States Native Americans weren't alone on the Trail of Tears. Enslaved Africans were, too verified_publisherCNN - By Nicole Chavez(CNN) — When Alaina E. Roberts started piecing her family's history together she made a surprising discovery that changed what it meant to be a Black American. Her father's ancestors in Oklahoma were enslaved...
AvatarKevin McGrathWorld War II The Shoemaker of Stalingrad Substack - Historic.ly While I was researching another topic, I stumbled upon this article written in 1945 by Jewish journalist, actor, screenwriter, fiction writer and war …
AvatarKevin McGrathUnited States The True Story Of Doc Holliday, The Gunslinging Dentist Who Became A Wild West Legend allthatsinteresting.com - Kaleena Fraga A sickly dentist and gambler turned deadly gunman, Doc Holliday made history in Tombstone during the iconic Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.The post The …
AvatarKevin McGrathfitness articles Why everyone should learn to hold a deep squat position to get fit and live longer Fit&Well - Matt Evans In the western world, we spend most of our time sitting. We eat all our meals sitting down. We travel to work, possibly in a car or on a train, …
AvatarKevin McGrathHygiene Skol! Surprising Facts About Viking Hygiene pastfactory.com - Sara History may have depicted Vikings as brutish, horned helmet-wearing warriors, but there’s far more to their culture than seafaring and plundering. …
AvatarKevin McGrathUnited Kingdom The Plantagenets worldhistory.org The Plantagenets, sometimes referred to as the Angevin-Plantagenets, were the ruling dynasty of England from 1154 to 1485 CE. The name Angevin …
AvatarKevin McGrathBRUTAL WAYS TO DIE BY TORTURE IN THE ANCIENT WORLDBy TheCollectorWhen it comes to capital punishment, execution methods, and general torture, today’s societies have nothing on the ancient world. Read about ten blood-curdling ways people were put to death.
AvatarKevin McGrathDemocracy The Forgotten Precedent for Our ‘Unprecedented’ Political Insanity verified_publisherPOLITICO - Jon GrinspanThe decades after the Civil War saw mass participation and mass outrage, followed by a period of orderly reform. What can we learn from that era today? American democracy has had a rough few years. We...
AvatarKevin McGrathEuropean News The US To End Its War In Afghanistan, ‘The Graveyard Of Empires’ – OpEd eurasiareview.com - IDN By Somar Wijayadasa* President Joe Biden of the United States announced that its war in Afghanistan, the US’s longest war ever, will end on September …
AvatarKevin McGrathBlack Holes Black holes, string theory and more: Q&A with physicist Brian Greene space.com - Mike Wall Brian Greene is one of the foremost scientists and science communicators of our time. Greene, a theoretical physicist at Columbia University, has been …
