Nationalism, explained
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Navajo code talker who helped allies win Second World War dies aged 107
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Friedrich Nietzsche’s life, insanity, and legacy
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Investigating the most extreme ancient village in the United States
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German Navy Enigma machine systems were different to the Army, making them tougher to crack. In this video, James Grime discusses the differences and what Alan Turing achieved in breaking the code.
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Where does punctuation come from?!
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A brief history of the end of the world
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We may be close to rediscovering thousands of texts that had been lost for millennia. Their contents may reshape how we understand the Ancient World.
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The last of the Zoroastrians. A funeral, a family, and a journey into a disappearing religion. (2020)
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Stonehenge megalith came from Scotland, not Wales, ‘jaw-dropping’ study finds
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Weird Weapons: Caged Buckler - Sword trapper
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Was early modern writing paper expensive?
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The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
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12,000-year-old Aboriginal sticks may be evidence of the oldest known culturally transmitted ritual in the world
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Government without states (how to raise a tribal army in pre-Roman Europe, part II)
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Divers find remains of Finnish WWII plane that was shot down by Moscow with a US diplomat aboard
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The origin of every European country's name
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"Sword breakers" were rare and we don't know much about them. How were they used and what were they really for? Two experienced rapier fencers experiment with one to discover more about them.
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How to build 300,000 airplanes in five years
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The Canterbury Tales, or, how technology changes the way we speak
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This American Civil War submarine vanished for 136 years
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Edinburgh's Beltane Fire Festival, rooted in ancient Gaelic traditions, heralds the beginning of summer and celebrates the cycles of nature. The vibrant event now draws over 8,000 attendees each year.
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Eastern Front of WW1 animated: 1914
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Free Companies: The age of mercenary companies
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B-17 Flying Fortress | Units of History
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The beautiful dissociation of the Japanese language
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The Museum of Science and Industry abruptly closed for a day last week to allow it to move “military artifacts from archival storage”
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In the years after World War II, neutral, peace-loving Sweden embarked on an ambitious plan – build its own atomic bomb
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Insular India - A video on the archaeological legacies of the Indian subcontinent
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On the nature of ancient evidence
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Ancient Beat - the newsletter of ancient history - celebrates its 100th Issue
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World War II ‘rumor clinics’ helped America battle wild gossip
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Salvage of the century: The lost WWII gold of HMS Edinburgh
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Packages seized by the Royal Navy from a Faroese cargo ship bound for Denmark during the Napoleonic Wars opened – previously hidden away in the National Archives
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The decimal point is 150 years older than previously thought, medieval manuscript reveals
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How Finland survived a 1,000,000+ Soviet invasion (1939-1940)
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The Silk Road - Into far lands
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American Bar Association calls for US courts to find a different word than master, citing history and negative associations
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Why does the letter 'S' look like an 'F' in old manuscripts?
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Bellevue, WA police responded to a call from a US Air Force museum that said a man had offered to donate a Cold War-era missile stored in his late neighbor’s garage
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What happened to David Graeber?
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G36
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Before I reach my enemy, bring me some heads
12 votes -
What is systemic racism?
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Sweden's most popular tourist attraction, a 17th-century vessel that foundered minutes after launch, needs another financial rescue
11 votes -
There's a better English alphabet
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The first US Army Christmas: Washington and the Hessians
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WWII rescue buoys - Secret 'floating hotels' of the English Channel
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How did Denmark defeat Prussia in 1848?
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Rise of Napoleon's Old Guard (1789-1803) (part 1) | Units of History
9 votes