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Rare gold coins found in Israeli city of Caesarea 1 left-of-center2012 Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1815

History Journal Lesson - Advice to South Korean Leadership? 0 soryang Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1952

Egypt unveils 3,000-year-old tomb and sarcophagi in Luxor 0 left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 9 1952

Charles Dickens Lost Portrait (1843) Turns Up In So. Africa Auction 4 appalachiablue Nov 2018 Nov 2018 9 2520

40 years ago today: the Jonestown massacre 4 Eugene Nov 2018 Nov 2018 7 2750

Ancient Greek city Tenea found by archaeologists 0 left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 9 1868

How the World's Only Feudal Lord Outclassed the Nazis to Save Her People 3 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 10 2081

Marie Antoinette's Jewels For Auction: Pearls, Diamonds, Lock of Hair. 2 appalachiablue Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 2266

Epaminondas 0 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1938

Centuries-old alcohol discovered in China 1 left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 3 1903

World War I: The 'Black Army' that marched in from Africa 0 left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 4 1883

Minoan Civilization 0 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 6 1923

Enslaving the Children: Populist Politics and Savage Consensus (Vote!) 0 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1660

Joseph Goebbels reportedly was quite a successful womanizer. 4 raccoon Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 2209

Drone Video Captures The Glory Of Mycenae, The Enigmatic Stronghold Of The Bronze Age 'Greeks' 3 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 5 7206

HOME CULTURE Map Shows The Homeland Of 'Most' Of The Characters In Homer's Iliad 2 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 7 1987

Archaeologists Have Possibly Discovered The Largest Ancient Settlement In South Caucasus 2 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 7 2222

Buried 'medieval' porpoise stumps expert 2 left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1901

Chocolate: Origins of delicacy pushed back in time 0 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1856

3,000-year-old Assyrian art work expected to fetch more than $10M 7 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 2481

Century-Old Fruit Cake Found in Antarctic Hut 3 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 4 1999

Man who foiled Nazi nuclear plan dies aged 99 2 sandensea Oct 2018 Oct 2018 7 1902

Giant, Prehistoric Bird Chowed Down on This Neanderthal Child's Bones 2 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1804

How life in Britain changed after the Romans left (409AD) 3 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 7 1955

Ancient shipwrecks found in Greek waters tell tale of trade routes 0 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 4 1703

Why most narrative history is wrong: Even the best histories fail 6 Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2018 Oct 2018 6 2223

Hidden Library: How Science Is Virtually Unwrapping the Charred Scrolls of Herculaneum 4 ashling Sep 2018 Sep 2018 10 2224

How come in past wars in past centuries men were willing--sometimes eager--to go off 4 raccoon Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 1754

Henri Dunant Made a Difference 0 bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 Sep 2018 0 1666

An Ancient Egyptian Village Just Found in The Nile Delta Predates The Pyramids by 2,500 Years 2 ashling Sep 2018 Sep 2018 35 2664

World History Continued...

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Airplanes in WWI. I know they were pretty new then, 6 raccoon Aug 2018 Aug 2018 0 2330

Last Highland Charge - Battle of Culloden 1 ashling Aug 2018 Aug 2018 5 2122

Thucydides vs. Herodotus 2 ashling Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 2164

Rulers of Europe 400 B.c. to present 4 Kaleva Aug 2018 Aug 2018 6 1979

Did Hitler think that after the invasion of Poland, Britain 7 raccoon Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 2292

This 1491 Map May Have Influenced Christopher Columbus 0 Rhiannon12866 Aug 2018 Aug 2018 25 2638

What historical events really mean in practical terms. 6 raccoon Aug 2018 Aug 2018 2 2127

Anglo Saxon ring on fb 0 ashling Jul 2018 Jul 2018 8 1709

Literature: *George Orwell* The School of Life 1 appalachiablue Jul 2018 Jul 2018 1 2050

Build like an Aegean and Bronze Age Israel 0 ashling Jul 2018 Jul 2018 3 1793

Edward I castles 4 ashling Jul 2018 Jul 2018 6 2038

The Lindesfarne Gospels - manuscripts from the Early Middle Ages 2 ashling Jun 2018 Jun 2018 18 2040

Pankration - Greek martial arts 2 ashling Jun 2018 Jun 2018 0 1896

Why did Elizabeth I think it necessary to keep Lady Mary Gray and her husband imprisoned? 4 raccoon Jun 2018 Jun 2018 0 4176

Researchers astounded by the intricacy of a Mycenaean carved gemstone 1 ashling Jun 2018 Jun 2018 16 1975

Now AHC TV: PARIS, 'City of Loot *Hunting Nazi Treasure Series* 0 appalachiablue Jun 2018 Jun 2018 2 1756

David Douglas Duncan, 102, Who Photographed the Reality of War, Dies 0 elleng Jun 2018 Jun 2018 3 1501

Why Hitler Lost the War: German Strategic Mistakes in WWII 11 bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 May 2018 2 3622

Police Recover Gold Relic Heart of French Queen, Anne of Brittany 3 appalachiablue Apr 2018 Apr 2018 11 2502

Siegfried Sassoon's WWI diaries published online 5 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Apr 2018 6 3198

Karen Dawisha, 68, Dies; Traced Roots of Russian Corruption. 0 elleng Apr 2018 Apr 2018 5 1473

Any World War II buffs here? 4 CTyankee Sep 2014 Mar 2018 3 2400

Scientists have likely found Charlemagne's skeleton 29 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Mar 2018 28 14144

Dancing for love in Chad 1 shenmue Feb 2017 Mar 2018 4 2025

Interesting Historical Photos 3 rug Feb 2016 Mar 2018 6 5825

What if Gavrilo Princip had failed at assassinating Prince Franz Ferdinand? 5 DetlefK Jul 2014 Mar 2018 1 4178

The World at War HD (1080p) - Ep. 11 - Red Star: The Soviet Union (19411943) 2 bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 2005

"Ghosts of Stonehenge" (PBS Nova) 3 left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 Mar 2018 4 2824

Rapes during the Battle of Berlin, and my Reichstag guide 18 steve2470 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 3530

The Moron watched a parade in France and wanted one too. 1 BigmanPigman Feb 2018 Mar 2018 6 1707

World History Continued...

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Can anyone recommend a good book about Stalin? 13 lordsummerisle Oct 2017 Mar 2018 0 3822

Did Hitler think that taking over Poland 8 raccoon Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 2126

You World War Two history buffs will love this Twitter feed, I do 2 steve2470 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 6 1553

Andrew Nagorski, Author, "Hitlerland" 1 bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 2095

Rene Descartes was an observer in the Catholic League Army of 1620 2 steve2470 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1595

The Sausage War 3 Kaleva Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 2632

Secret War Episode 07 Agent Garbo 1 bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1934

Hitler Created a Fictional Persona To Recast Himself as Germany's Savior 0 steve2470 Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1330

Bletchley Park: Code-breakings Forgotten Genius 1 bucolic_frolic Dec 2017 Jan 2018 10 2019

I highly recommend the Netflix series "Five Came Back" 4 steve2470 Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1679

Why Should We Read Charles Dickens? Video Essay 9 appalachiablue Dec 2017 Dec 2017 19 3940

The Sun Never Set on the British Empire, or Its Food. 0 elleng Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1466

Allah Is Found on Viking Funeral Clothes. 1 elleng Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 1950

"The Korean people burnt down the US aggression ship General Sherman which intruded into Pyongyang" 3 steve2470 Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2554

Slovak Village Prospers in Partnership With Roma Residents It Once Shunned. 0 elleng Sep 2017 Sep 2017 1 2077

documentary "Romanitas in Anglo-Saxon England" 0 eShirl Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 2559

Indias Muslims and the Price of Partition 0 elleng Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 1422

2,500 year-old gay erotica found carved in rock 0 left-of-center2012 Aug 2017 Aug 2017 3 4298

A younger brother of the Last Emperor of China died in 2015 1 Kaleva Aug 2017 Aug 2017 5 3097

We've all heard of "Bretton Woods", here is a very short description of what it is 3 dixiegrrrrl Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 2156

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