RobMilitary History Nelson, Trafalgar and the Meaning of Victoryhistorytoday.com Andrew Lambert explains why Nelson’s life and death should never be forgotten. On October 21st, 1805, the Royal Navy ended the greatest threat to …
RobArchaeology Archaeologists Identify 'Lost' Jerusalem Street Built by Pontius Pilate — the Man Who Condemned Jesus to DeathLive Science - Owen Jarus Archaeologists have identified a grand street in Jerusalem that was built by Pontius Pilate, the Roman prefect of Judea who is famous for overseeing …
RobBronze Age Huge Bronze Age treasure hoard dating back 3,000 years may have been offering to the godsdailymail.co.uk - By Connor Boyd For Mailonline Hundreds of Bronze Age weapons discovered on a building site by the banks of the Thames may have been an offering to the gods, experts say. The …
RobChristianity Latin 101: (Almost) every phrase you need to know to get by in Englishaleteia.org - John Burger The Latin language has had an outsized influence on languages all over the world. It’s no wonder, since the Romans, in their empire building, left it …
RobOceans Waterworld: How Oceans Help Shape Human Civilizationnationalinterest.org - Aram Bakshian Jr. In The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans, Cambridge historian David Abulafia offers a majestic narrative of mankind’s incredible, sea-born …
Rob19th Century American Experiencepbs.org When President Thomas Jefferson closed on this $15 million real estate deal with French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, his stock began to rise, while …
RobMilitary History Does This One Picture Explain How the Allies Won World War II?nationalinterest.org - Warfare History Network, Brooke C. Stoddard It changed the course of history.Key point: It was a painstaking and resource-intensive effort.The casual reader of World War II history will come …
RobMilitary History The Suez Crisis: Israel Wins a War (France and Britain Were Never the Same)nationalinterest.org - Warfare History Network, Eric Hammel The Suez Crisis quickly got out of control.Key point: This was one of the few times the United States and Soviet Union had the same foreign policy …
RobMilitary History The Korean War's Battle Of The Hook Was Complete Hell on Earthnationalinterest.org - Warfare History Network, Al Hemingway All part of a Chinese land grab before peace negotiations.Key point: The value of this strategic territory was measured in lives lost.Peering …
RobHitachi In 1803, Japan had an encounter with an unidentified floating objectThe A.V. Club - A.V. ClubWhat it’s about: We’re actually not sure. Translating roughly to “hollow ship,” utsuro-bune was a mysterious vessel shaped like an incense burner, which washed ashore in Hitachi (present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)
RobThe Arts Their Land Became Part of Central Park. They’re Coming Back in a Monument.The New York Times - By JULIA JACOBSIn Central Park, about a mile from land that was once home to Seneca Village, a mostly black community forced out by the park’s creation in the 1850s, the city is planning a privately funded monument a
RobWorld News Sons of Polish pilot united with family who hid their father in Nazi-occupied France last updated: 20/10/2019Euronews - By Camille BelloOne morning in late April 1944, at 3am, Polish Air Force (PAF) navigator Jan Stein Rosinski and his pilot Tadeusz Ciula bailed out soon after their plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire over Nazi-occupied
RobGreece October 20 Marks 192 Years Since the Battle of Navarinogreekreporter.com - Nick Kampouris One of the most important battles in Greece’s War of Independence took place 192 years ago today, on October 20, 1827. It was on this date that a …
Rob WKD: Hitler Was So Disliked, That Even His Own Generals Tried To Take Him Downnationalinterest.org - Warfare History Network, Brooke C. Stoddard Hitler became increasingly paranoid and unhinged as a result.Key point: There were multiple Germany assassination plots to kill Hitler.Adolf Hitler …
RobJerusalem Road built by biblical villain uncovered in JerusalemNational Geographic - Andrew LawlerA long-buried street that led pilgrims to the Jewish Temple 2,000 years ago was commissioned by Roman governor Pontius Pilate. Pontius Pilate is a man many Jews and Christians love to hate. For Christians,
RobEgypt Egypt reveals details of ancient coffins – biggest such find in over a centurytimesofisrael.com - By AP and TOI staff Egypt’s antiquities authorities on Saturday revealed the details of 30 ancient wooden coffins that were recently discovered in the southern city of …
RobMilitary History America and warfare were never the same after World War IThe Washington PostAlong with staggering death tolls, the "Great War" generated memorable literature, geopolitical upheaval, hope, disillusion, the Russian Revolution and the seeds of World War II. Related link Retropod
RobRussia Russia's Old Mosin Rifle Is The Weapon That Refuses To Dienationalinterest.org - Kyle Mizokami Originally made for the Tsar's armies.Key point: In use for over 100 years.One of the most widely used weapons of the twentieth century was the …
RobWar Forget Your Old History Book: World War I DID NOT END in 1918nationalinterest.org - Sebastien Roblin Many other conflicts were spawned from the Great War.Key point: The war may have ended for most of Europe, but fighting continued in other parts of …
RobHarriet Tubman Why Harriet Tubman risked it all for enslaved AmericansNational Geographic - Erin BlakemoreKnown as "Moses of Her People" on the Underground Railroad, Tubman’s life was marked by stunning cruelty and supreme courage. She is among history’s most famous Americans—a woman so courageous, she sought
RobNeanderthals Why Neanderthals Could Outsprint Humansrealclearscience.com - Anna Goldfield If you’re like me, you view long-distance running as a somewhat unrealistic aspiration and see those people who do it well as remarkable …
Rob How Japan Dreamed Up the Pearl Harbor Attack (They Watched Someone Else Do It)nationalinterest.org - Michael Peck World War II's different theaters affected one another.Key point: The British attack on the Italian port of Taranto holds the key.“This was Lt. …
RobCulture The Tragic Story of America’s First Black Music Starsmithsonianmag.com - Ted Gioia During a tour of Georgia some 40 years ago, jazz star Dizzy Gillespie made an unexpected stop at a grave marker by the side of the road on the site …
RobTechnology AI is helping scholars restore ancient Greek texts on stone tabletsTechCrunch - Devin ColdeweyMachine learning and AI may be deployed on such grand tasks as finding exoplanets and creating photorealistic people, but the same techniques also have some surprising applications in academia: DeepMind
RobWorld War I Long-Lost WWII Ship Found at the Bottom of the Pacific OceanLive Science - Nicoletta Lanese After weeks spent surveying an area of ocean about the size of Houston, historians aboard the research vessel Petrel spotted the wreckage of a World …
RobJoan of Arc How Joan of Arc turned the tide in the Hundred Years’ WarNational Geographic - Julien ThéryDivine voices guided a young girl to lead the French against the English. Burned as a heretic in 1431, the Maid of Orléans was both shaped and destroyed by the religious fervor and politics. By the end
RobMilitary History This American Warship Shot Down MiGs and Pranked the Sovietsdefensemaven.io - Warrior Maven Warrior Video Above: New Technology Brings New Electronic Warfare Attacks During the Cold War, many lesser-known confrontations occurred at sea away …
RobNews Ancient 'lost city' of the Khmer Empire uncovered in CambodiaCNN - By Jessie Yeung, CNN(CNN) — Researchers have identified the elusive ancient "lost city" of Cambodia for the first time, according to a report published Tuesday. In a project that has spanned years, an international group
RobArchaeology Study Suggests Neanderthals Regularly Hunted Rabbits - Archaeology Magazinearchaeology.org - Jessica E. Saraceni OULU, FINLAND—Maxime Pelletier of the University of Oulu and his colleagues analyzed more than 16,000 butchered rabbit and hare bones uncovered at …
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