Thomas Varnedoe II6 days agoNuremberg Trialsworldhistory.org - Mark CartwrightNuremberg trials series of military tribunals after World War II, held 1945-1946 Mark Cartwright Mark is a full-time writer, researcher, historian, and …
Thomas Varnedoe II1 hour agoExtinct Human Species Lived in a Brutal Desert, Study Findsverified_publisherThe New York Times - By Carl ZimmerA million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans live only in the jungles of Indonesia. But humans live pretty much everywhere. Our species has spread across frozen …
Thomas Varnedoe II6 days agoExcavating GirsuAeon MediaWhat’s an ancient Greek brick doing in a Sumerian city? An archeological investigation | Aeon Videos A British Museum curator explains why making …
Thomas Varnedoe II6 days agoLost photo reveals "surprising" secrets of enormous dinosaur skeleton destroyed by bombs in 1944discoverwildlife.com - Daniel GrahamAt ten metres long, the dinosaur was one of the largest land predators in history. In 1914, the fossil of a large predatory dinosaur was discovered on …
Thomas Varnedoe IIStoryboardLycurgus: How one man transformed ancient Sparta into a fierce military stateCurated byHistory SkillsWho was Lycurgus? Ancient sources tell of a man who crafted a society bound by iron discipline and austere values, a place where every citizen lived and died for the state. His reforms transformed Sparta into a force feared across Greece because it became a land where warriors trained from childhood and lived under an unyielding code of loyalty...
Thomas Varnedoe II6 days agoThe Extinction Loopmit.edu - Jonas StaalLibertarian fantasies thrive on ecological collapse, profiting from the very destruction they helped to accelerate. On May 5, 1725, Leendert …