Bronze Age Discovery Reveals Surprising Extent of Britain’s Trade With Europe 3,600 Years Ago
Research reveals evidence of a copper-mining bonanza in Wales 3,600 years ago that reached France, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Sweden.
Category: History
BEFORE WALT DISNEY, THERE WAS LOTTE REINIGER – THE STORY OF THE WORLD’S FIRST ANIMATED FEATURE
The oldest surviving animated feature was not made by Walt Disney, but by a German puppeteer named Lotte Reiniger: The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926).
How Rupture With Mainland Europe Caused Britain To Falter for Hundreds of Years
Mainland Europe has always been essential to Britain’s prosperity. When the relationship with Europe is poor, the lot of ordinary Briton is poorer for it.
Car-Free Paris? It Was Already a Dream in 1790
The debate over the place of cars in cities may seem like a recent one, but in fact was raging well before the first automobile even saw the light of day. To better understand, let
WHY THE BRITISH ARE HIDING INFORMATION ABOUT RUDOLF HESS
The Russian scholar, Andrei Fursov, explains in this video the reason why the British authorities insist to keep Rudolf Hess’s files classified until 2050.
Why Historians Are Fighting To Save Thomas Cook’s Enormous Archive
Thomas Cook’s enormous 178-years heritage is about to be lost and a number of business historians are fighting to save it.
Discovery of Prehistoric Baby Bottles Shows Infants Were Fed Cow’s Milk 5,000 Years Ago
Clay vessels that have been found in Germany could have been used to supplement breast milk and wean children more than 5,000 years ago.
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction, 50 Years Later: The Song That Almost Never Was
In 1965, Keith Richards had recorded a few snatches of Satisfaction and gone back to sleep, leaving the machine to record a long stretch of snoring.
In Another Newly Discovered Song, Woody Guthrie Continues His Assault on ‘Old Man Trump’
In a newly discovered song ‘Old Man Trump’, Woody Guthrie assaults again Fred Trump over the rents charged at a public housing project.
1929-1930: Eyewitness Accounts of Lincoln’s Assassination
Eyewitness accounts video recording of Lincoln’s assassination.
Backgrounder: What We Know About Indonesia’s 1965 Anti-Communist Purge
In less than 48 hours, Suharto had roundly defeated the 30th September Movement. At about the same time, the abductees’ bodies were found in an old well in an area known as Lubang Buaya (Crocodile Hole) in east Jakarta.
Lee Harvey Oswald’s Radio Interviews of August 1963 on the WDSU Radio
Oswald had two interview on the New Orleans radio station WDSU. The first program took place on August 17, 1963. The second on August 21, 1963.
D-DAY June 6 1944 Succeeded Thanks to an Ingenious Design Called the Mulberry Harbors
When allied troops stormed the beaches at Normandy on D-Day June 6, 1944, they were using a remarkable and entirely untested technology: artificial ports.
A FEW DAYS WITH LENIN AND TROTSKY IN 1920
A Few Days With Lenin And Trotsky In 1920 By the American cartoonist Ellison Hoover.
Brexit: How the End of Britain’s Empire Led To Rising Inequality That Helped Leave To Victory
The echoes of empire have continued to reverberate in British political life. These echoes had a strong influence on why people voted for Brexit.
The Not-So-Nobel Past of the Nobel Prizes
“The Nobel Prize has interrupted my work. I’m not sure it is a useful interruption, though it certainly is a pleasant one.” 2010 Physics laureate Andre Geim.
How We Discovered Three Poisonous Books in Our University Library
Rare poisonous books on various historical topics in the University of Southern Denmark’s library collection contain large concentrations of arsenic on their covers.
Books Across Hispanic World Are Still Scarred by Franco’s Censorship
Between 1936 and 1966, all books published in Spain had to be submitted to Franco’s national board of censors for examination.
Why Glasgow’s Bolshevist Uprising in 1919 Wasn’t Quite the Red Threat Many Believed
January 31, 2019 is the centenary of Bloody Friday 1919, in which thousands of protesting workers were attacked in Glasgow’s main civic square by police.
NIXON AND REAGAN ADVISER CLAIMS LBJ KILLED JFK
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THE TRUE COLORS OF EUROPE ANCIENT STATUES
The true colors of the ancient statues of the Greek and Roman civilizations.
JFK ASSASSINATION: WHO WAS THE UMBRELLA MAN?
Who was the umbrella man in the JFK assassination footage?
Nuclear Military Jet Crashed in Greenland in 1968, With 4 Nuclear Bombs on Board
Fifty years ago, an American B-52G bomber, carrying four nuclear bombs, crashed onto the sea ice of Wolstenholme Fjord in the northwest corner of Greenland.
Algerian Freedom Fighters’ Skulls Exhibited in the Museum of Mankind in Paris
The Museum of Mankind in Paris keeps 37 skulls of Algerian militants who had revolted against the French occupation forces in the year 1849.
A DRONE VIEW OF THE FORGOTTEN PYRAMIDS OF SUDAN
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