AvatarMartin MiddlewoodNapoleon Bonaparte The Death of Napoleon acast.com Six years of exile on a remote island blighted with unpleasant weather conditions, in lodgings far inferior to those enjoyed whilst leader of France, …
AvatarMartin MiddlewoodHS2 Thousands of bodies to be dug up to make way for HS2 line independent.co.uk - Jane Dalton Archaeologists for HS2 will dig up and rebury thousands of bodies from a church graveyard to make way for the railway. Critics say it shows a lack of …
AvatarMartin MiddlewoodNative Americans Poverty Point worldhistory.org - Joshua J. Mark Poverty Point is an archaeological and historic site in Louisiana, USA, enclosing one of the most significant Native American mound sites from …
AvatarMartin MiddlewoodIsrael Rare 2,000-year-old oil lamp shaped like grotesque face found in City of David timesofisrael.com - Michael Bachner Archaeologists have discovered a rare oil lamp, shaped like a grotesque face cut in half, at the foundation of a building erected in Jerusalem’s City …
AvatarMartin MiddlewoodFred Hampton House Democrat introduces bill to release COINTELPRO files on surveillance of Black Panthers and Fred Hampton verified_publisherCNN - By Caroline Kelly(CNN) — A Democratic lawmaker on Tuesday introduced a bill that would require the government to release its decades-old records from an FBI-run covert surveillance program that monitored the Black Panthers,...
AvatarMartin MiddlewoodEurope Building like in the Middle Ages verified_publisherDW English - Patricia Szilagyi In the heart of France, Guédelon castle has been under construction for almost 25 years – using only medieval methods. Find out what this is all …
AvatarMartin MiddlewoodNapoleon Bonaparte ‘Assassinated by the English oligopoly’?: The Exile and Death of Napoleon historyhit.com - Sarah Roller Napoleon Bonaparte: a man whose legacy splits opinion 200 hundred years after his death. Misogynist, hero, villain, despot, the greatest military …
AvatarMartin MiddlewoodThe Rise and Fall of Rome’s Wealthiest ManBy TheCollectorMarcus Licinius Crassus was one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in Rome. However, his pursuit of military prestige brought his downfall.
AvatarMartin MiddlewoodAnthropocene Societies have reshaped landscapes for thousands of years. So why is the Anthropocene so destructive? anthropocenemagazine.org - Emma Bryce In the modern environmental imagination, a biodiverse landscape is often associated with a pristine one, untouched by humans. But a new study …
AvatarMartin MiddlewoodFrance France still split over Napoleon as it marks bicentenary of death verified_publisherThe Guardian - Kim Willsher in ParisOn 5 May 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte died in a surprisingly small bed surrounded by his French coterie in exile in a damp and reportedly rat-infested house on the British island of Saint Helena. His last...
AvatarMartin MiddlewoodChromosomes Genealogy show has ‘extraordinarily rare’ revelation for Roy Wood Jr. al.com - Lawrence Specker Roy Wood Jr.: “Is rage the normal emotion at this point?” Henry Louis Gates Jr.: “It is, indeed.” In the exchange, which came in an episode of the PBS …
