Ancient History Interview: The Mysterious Bronze Age Collapse with Eric Clineancient.eu - James Blake Wiener The decline of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Mediterranean and Near East has puzzled historians and archaeologists for centuries. While …
Archaeology Amazon cargo ship that sank on Victorian beach dug up and to be reburied by archaeologistsdailymail.co.uk - By Australian Associated Press A 164-year-old cargo ship used to trade between Australia and the UK and sank on a Victorian beach is being dug up and reburied by …
A thirteenth-century theory of speechmedievalists.net - Medievalists.net Robert Grosseteste (c.1175–1253) was a celebrated medieval thinker, who, as well as writing on philosophy and theology, developed an impressive …
Medieval Manuscripts: The Lorsch Gospelsmedievalists.net - Medievalists.net This week, Facsimile Finder unveils one of the richest manuscripts of Carolingian art – the Lorsch Gospels - a volume that Charlemagne himself may …
Medieval Period The Forgotten Battle of Bevershoutsveld, May 3, 1382: Technological Innovation and Military Significancemedievalists.net - Medievalists.net It may have been at Bevershoutsveld where gunpowder weapons first decided the outcome of a battle.
Military History The US Army’s Tank-Destroyers Weren’t the Failure History Made Them Out to Bedefensemaven.io - Warrior Maven "To Join Warrior Maven Gold AI & CyberWar Circle CLICK HERE" Warrior Maven Video Above: Army 4-Star Details Robotic Attacks to "Breach Complex Enemy …
Military History The Story of the USS Scorpion—the Navy Spy Sub That Never Returned Homenationalinterest.org - Kyle Mizokami What happened?Key point: It is still unknown what exactly sunk the submarine.In May 1968, a U.S. nuclear-powered attack submarine was sent on a …
History The 1936 Strike That Brought America’s Most Powerful Automaker to its Kneeshistory.com - By Erin Blakemore The General Motors body plant in Flint, Michigan was usually a thankless place, filled with loud sounds and the feverish, dangerous work of turning …
3D A digital archaeologist helps inaccessible collections be seentheconversation.com - Davide Tanasi The Abstract features interesting research and the people behind it. Davide Tanasi is a digital archaeologist at the University of South Florida. He …
History Was Ramesses II really that great?historyextra.com - Amir Adhamy Emma Slattery Williams considers whether the fêted pharaoh – master builder, war hero and peace broker – was actually a brilliant propagandist who …
Croatia 26 of the World's Most Astounding Abandoned ResortsAtlas Obscura From the forests of Canada to the beaches of Croatia, the Earth is dotted with forgotten relics of relaxation.
Guns For Sale: Bonnie and Clyde’s Sawed-Off ShotgunAtlas Obscura - Sabrina Imbler On April 13, 1933, five sheriffs assembled outside 3347 ½ Oakridge Drive in Joplin, Missouri to confront what they thought were bootleggers operating …
Military History Revenge: How America Assassinated the Man Who Planned Pearl Harbornationalinterest.org - Michael Peck Key Point: Some sixty-eight years before U.S. special forces killed Osama bin Laden, America conducted an assassination of another kind.Key Point: …
Military History How Vietnamese Commandos Sank A U.S. 'Aircraft Carrier'nationalinterest.org - Robert Beckhusen The sinking of the Card was a stunning victory for the Viet Cong, yet little remembered today. It illustrated how vulnerable naval vessels can be …
Lifestyle Vintage photos show what life was like in America's first suburb in the '50sinsider - Frank Olito As World War II came to an end, families looked for ways to start over. One way they did that was by moving out of the cities and into newly …
Imperialism In 1919, Germany's 'Battleship Fleet' Committed Suicidedefensemaven.io - Warrior Maven "To Join Warrior Maven Gold AI & CyberWar Circle CLICK HERE" Warrior Maven Video Above: Army 4-Star Details Robotic Attacks to "Breach Complex Enemy …
Ancient History Medicine in the Ancient Worldancient.eu - Mark Cartwright In the ancient world the gods were often held responsible for one's good health and making offerings to them, reading out spells or wearing amulets …
Ancient History Xanaduancient.eu - Mark Cartwright Xanadu (aka Shangdu, Shang-tu, and Kaiping), located in Inner Mongolia, northern China, was made first the capital (1263-73 CE) and then the summer …
Medieval Period Around the Barbarian Sea: Settlements and Outcomes in the Early Medieval Balticmedievalists.net - Medievalists.net The Viking towns of Birka, Kaupang, Hedeby and Ribe have captured the imagination of archaeologists and the public alike, presenting the lives of …
World News Israeli researchers identify biblical kingdom of Edomjpost.com - Aaron Reich The biblical kingdom of Edom has always been a significant puzzle for biblical archeology. Excavations of ancient copper mines as part of Tel Aviv …
Sunken Nazi Gold and 4 Other Never-Found Treasureshistory.com - By Eudie Pak Legend has it that the Nazis dumped billions of dollars worth of stolen gold—in the area of $5.6 billion—into the waters of Lake Toplitz, an isolated …
History “The lives of Jack the Ripper’s victims were not what we have been conditioned to believe”: 5 minutes with Hallie Rubenholdhistoryextra.com - Rachel Dinning Ahead of our 2019 History Weekends in Chester and Winchester, we found out from historian Hallie Rubenhold what to expect from her talk on the women …
Art Face Mask (Kpeliye'e) | Senufo peoples | The Metmetmuseum.org Himmelheber, Hans. Negerkunst und Negerkunstler. Braunschweig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1960, p. 103. Museum of Primitive Art. Traditional Art of the …
History Sahara Desert Libraries Are Home to Thousands of Ancient TextsMy Modern Met - Jessica StewartNestled in the Sahara, the medieval village of Chinguetti in Mauritania is an incredible jewel of Berber culture. Once an important outpost on trade and pilgrimage routes, the desert village contains examples
History Surreal Footage of British Life Under Nazi Occupationsmithsonianmag.com It’s 1941 and the Nazis are in full control of the British island of Alderney. They begin to construct fortifications to protect their grip on the …
Black Sea This is why Black Sea shipwrecks are such a unique findNational GeographicRemote-controlled cameras offer a first-time glimpse of numerous wrecks entombed in the icy depths off the coast of Bulgaria. While probing the depths of the Black Sea last year, a team of scientists a
Soviet Union The Soviets Had a Crazy 2A3 Nuclear Bomb Cannonnationalinterest.org - Charlie Gao Why did they build it?Key point: Both America and Russia worked to build tactical nuclear-bomb cannons to use on the battlefield.In the 1950s, both …
Nuclear Energy Chief of Russia’s top nuclear institute dispels myth on ‘stolen’ atom bombtass.com - TASS "Very often, we have to hear that we stole the bomb and that’s why we were able to make it," Kovalchuk told a roundtable commemorating the 70th …
American Civil War On this day: Irish Brigade suffers mass casualties at The Battle of Antietamirishcentral.com - John Fay On September 17, 1862, some 22,000 soldiers, many of them members of the Irish Brigade, died during the Battle of Antietam.
