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The Diplodocus and the Robber Baron
(1281 words, Apr 30 2019)
0 comments

psmag.com

1 day ago

5 votes
'It would destroy it': new international airport for Machu Picchu sparks outrage
(May 15 2019)
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theguardian.com

2 days ago

12 votes
Two Kinds of Freedom
1 comment

outline.com

5 days ago

8 votes
Why Plymouth has a population of zero, despite being the de jure capital of Montserrat
(5:09)
6 comments

YouTube: Half as Interesting

3 days ago

6 votes
Britain's equivalent to Tutankhamun found in Southend-on-Sea
(May 8 2019)
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theguardian.com

3 days ago

7 votes
The Voynich Manuscript may have successfully been decoded
(8381 words)
9 comments

tandfonline.com

5 days ago

18 votes
Mankind, Unite!
(4438 words)
- history
- usa.ca
- upton sinclair
- edward bellamy
- great depression
- arthur l bell
- cults
- long read
- socialism
- communism
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laphamsquarterly.org

May 14

5 votes
Can you spot a map trap?
(6:00)
- video
- history
- geography
- cartography
- humour
1 comment

YouTube: Jay Foreman

May 13

6 votes
The Notion of "Trolling" in Ancient Sanskrit
(625 words)
- sanskrit
- history
- debate
3 comments

upenn.edu

May 12

12 votes
'It could change everything': coin found off northern Australia may be from pre-1400 Africa
- australia
- africa
- history
- archaeology
5 comments

theguardian.com

May 13

10 votes
10 things I learned about ancient China from studying Chinese characters
(1144 words)
- history
- china
- language
- self promotion
0 comments

dong-chinese.com

May 11

11 votes
The Frankfurt Kitchen Changed How We Cook—and Live
(2291 words)
1 comment

citylab.com

May 11

8 votes
During the Cold War, the C.I.A. Secretly Plucked a Soviet Submarine From the Ocean Floor Using a Giant Claw
(1822 words)
- history
- cold war
- usa
- russia
- submarines
- cia
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smithsonianmag.com

May 10

8 votes
A revolution in time - Once local and irregular, time-keeping became universal and linear in 311 BCE
(2902 words)
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aeon.co

May 8

6 votes
Notre Dame: time to call in the French builders with medieval skills
2 comments

theguardian.com

May 6

10 votes
Ancient Rock Art in the Plains of India: Two amateur sleuths have uncovered a collection of mysterious rock carvings on the Indian coastal plain south of Mumbai.
(1897 words)
- history
- prehistory
- india
- petroglyphs
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nytimes.com

May 7

6 votes
Siege of Jerusalem 70 AD - Great Jewish Revolt
(22:48)
- video
- history.military
- judea.jerusalem
- ancient rome
- roman empire
- sicarii
- nero
- vespasian
- titus
2 comments

YouTube: Kings and Generals

May 6

6 votes
Elephant Man: Joseph Merrick's grave 'found by author'
(564 words)
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bbc.com

May 6

6 votes
Froebel’s Gifts
(1939 words, Apr 9 2019)
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99percentinvisible.org

May 2

8 votes
Out of the cradle - a high quality, short, cgi film series about human prehistory
(3:11, Mar 11 2019)
- history
- cgi
- short films
- hominins
- ardipithecus ramidus
- video
0 comments

YouTube: NHK WORLD-JAPAN

May 1

6 votes
An Election Held Hostage? - 1991
(Oct 30 1991)
- politics
- usa
- history
- government forums
- panels
1 comment

c-span.org

May 1

4 votes
Indigenous educators fight for an accurate history of California
(4894 words)
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hcn.org

April 30

7 votes
No Spanish allowed: Texas school museum revisits history of segregation
(1054 words)
- usa.tx.marfa
- history
- education
- discrimination
- segregation
- language
- spanish
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pri.org

April 29

7 votes
The Birth of Cheap Communication (and Junk Mail)
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nytimes.com

April 28

6 votes
Irving Finkel | The Ark Before Noah: A Great Adventure
(58:19, Jul 20 2016)
- history
- cuneiform
- mesopotamia
- babylon
- assyria
- flood story
- archaeology
- mythology
- lectures
- video
5 comments

YouTube: Oriental Institute

April 26

5 votes
Japan’s Emperor Akihito Steps Down: A Life in Pictures
- japan
- history
- heisei era
- monarchy
4 comments

bloomberg.com

April 26

8 votes
The Longest Year in Human History (46 B.C.E.)
(27:13)
1 comment

YouTube: Historia Civilis

April 24

8 votes
The Spoil of Mariners
(3459 words)
- history
- history.maritime
- scurvy
- the arctic
- whaling
- long read
0 comments

laphamsquarterly.org

April 24

6 votes
Long-lost shipwreck found off Victorian coast, 77 years after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine in WWII
(565 words)
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abc.net.au

April 23

4 votes
A newly digitized map from 1587 offers a rare glimpse at the way Europeans conceived of the Americas before British colonization
- history
- cartography
2 comments

bunkhistory.org

April 19

15 votes
The Eye of the Day: The Life of Mata Hari
(149 words)
1 comment

historyofthetwentiethcentury.com

April 17

4 votes
Caesar in Britannia and Germania | Kings and Generals
(18:52)
- video
- history
- history.military
- ancient rome
- roman republic
- brittany
- gaul
- germania
- britannia
1 comment

YouTube: Kings and Generals

April 14

8 votes
Archivists race to digitize slavery records before the history is lost
(1392 words)
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pri.org

April 7

9 votes
The general was female? ASU professor, colleague uncover 200-year-old mystery from the American Revolution.
(1852 words)
- history
- usa
- us civil war
- intersex
1 comment

asu.edu

April 7

10 votes
Why Was Egypt Crucial for the Roman Empire? | Kings and Generals
(16:52)
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YouTube: Kings and Generals

March 30

6 votes
Historic Manuscripts Saved From St. Louis Fire
(447 words)
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npr.org

March 28

6 votes
When We First Made Tools | PBS Eons
(10:10)
1 comment

YouTube: PBS Eons

March 27

9 votes
Big gods came after the rise of civilisations, not before, finds study using huge historical database
(994 words, Mar 20 2019)
2 comments

theconversation.com

March 26

16 votes
Harvard sued by 'descendant of slave for profiting from photos'
(697 words)
- usa
- history
- slavery
- harvard
2 comments

bbc.com

March 22

7 votes
The Lighting Budget of Thomas Jefferson
(749 words)
- history
- usa
- finance
- technology
1 comment

bradford-delong.com

March 19

5 votes
The laughing gas parties of the 1700s — and how they sparked a medical breakthrough
- history
- medicine
0 comments

abc.net.au

March 14

7 votes
The Imitation Game: Some of the most beloved objects in Washington museums are not as authentic as visitors might assume
(3313 words, Feb 27 2019)
- museums
- curation
- history
- archaeology
- arts
0 comments

washingtonpost.com

March 12

3 votes
Mansa Musa: The richest man who ever lived
(1344 words)
- history
- economics
- africa
0 comments

bbc.com

March 11

8 votes
Maya ritual cave ‘untouched’ for 1,000 years stuns archaeologists
(1079 words)
- mexico
- history
- archaeology
- culture
- maya
1 comment

nationalgeographic.com

March 6

6 votes
There’s new evidence for what happened to people who survived Vesuvius
(1163 words)
- history
- italy
- archaeology
- pompeii
1 comment

arstechnica.com

March 4

7 votes
Where does London stop? - Jay Foreman
(8:50)
- video
- history
- geography
- cartography
- humour
- united kingdom
2 comments

YouTube: Jay Foreman

March 3

11 votes
The top 6 medical inventions during the Civil War
(1732 words, Jan 28 2019)
- medicine
- medical history
- us civil war
- history
- usa
1 comment

bigthink.com

March 1

9 votes
Wild Bill Hickok: He Claimed He Killed 100s, But His Fatalities Were Closer To 10
(1650 words, Jan 26 2019)
- history
- usa
- bill hickok
0 comments

allthatsinteresting.com

February 25

6 votes
American History Textbooks' Lies: Everything Your Teacher Got Wrong - Myths, Education (1995)
(57:03, Jun 3 2014)
- history
- usa
3 comments

YouTube: The Film Archives

February 22

9 votes
Revolutionary War fighting ended in 1781. The last shots exploded 2 months ago.
(2156 words)
1 comment

stripes.com

February 21

10 votes

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