Treasure trove of artifacts illustrates life in a lost Viking mountain pass – Lendbreen, in Norway, was an important route from the Roman era until the late Middle Ages ~humanities.history Article 1299 words 8 votes
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Smithsonian Open Access - 2.8 million images and 3D models from the Institution's collections released into the public domain ~humanities.history Article 1740 words 14 votes
How this abandoned mining town in Greenland helped win World War II ~humanities.history Article 1308 words 5 votes
Female warrior long assumed to be a Viking may actually be a Slavic warrior woman who migrated to Denmark from present-day Poland ~humanities.history Article 597 words 6 votes
Smithsonian stands by wildly misleading climate change exhibit paid for by Kochs ~enviro climate change Article 2350 words, published Mar 24 2015 10 votes
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Becoming Anne Frank - Why did we turn an isolated teenage girl into the world’s most famous Holocaust victim? ~humanities.history Article 3562 words 7 votes
Dirty dishes reveal what ancient civilizations ate. Food scraps on 8,000-year-old ceramic shards found in Turkey include barley, wheat, peas, and bitter vetch. ~humanities.history Article 1114 words 12 votes