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Charles Dickens Lost Portrait (1843) Turns Up In So. Africa Auction 4 appalachiablue Nov 2018 Nov 2018 9 2510

40 years ago today: the Jonestown massacre 4 Eugene Nov 2018 Nov 2018 7 2741

Ancient Greek city Tenea found by archaeologists 0 left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 9 1859

How the World's Only Feudal Lord Outclassed the Nazis to Save Her People 3 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 10 2078

Marie Antoinette's Jewels For Auction: Pearls, Diamonds, Lock of Hair. 2 appalachiablue Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 2260

Epaminondas 0 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1935

Centuries-old alcohol discovered in China 1 left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 3 1900

World War I: The 'Black Army' that marched in from Africa 0 left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 4 1878

Minoan Civilization 0 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 6 1921

Enslaving the Children: Populist Politics and Savage Consensus (Vote!) 0 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1659

Joseph Goebbels reportedly was quite a successful womanizer. 4 raccoon Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 2197

Drone Video Captures The Glory Of Mycenae, The Enigmatic Stronghold Of The Bronze Age 'Greeks' 3 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 5 7199

HOME CULTURE Map Shows The Homeland Of 'Most' Of The Characters In Homer's Iliad 2 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 7 1980

Archaeologists Have Possibly Discovered The Largest Ancient Settlement In South Caucasus 2 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 7 2213

Buried 'medieval' porpoise stumps expert 2 left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1897

Chocolate: Origins of delicacy pushed back in time 0 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1852

3,000-year-old Assyrian art work expected to fetch more than $10M 7 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 2464

Century-Old Fruit Cake Found in Antarctic Hut 3 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 4 1992

Man who foiled Nazi nuclear plan dies aged 99 2 sandensea Oct 2018 Oct 2018 7 1901

Giant, Prehistoric Bird Chowed Down on This Neanderthal Child's Bones 2 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1801

How life in Britain changed after the Romans left (409AD) 3 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 7 1936

Ancient shipwrecks found in Greek waters tell tale of trade routes 0 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 4 1701

Why most narrative history is wrong: Even the best histories fail 6 Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2018 Oct 2018 6 2197

Hidden Library: How Science Is Virtually Unwrapping the Charred Scrolls of Herculaneum 4 ashling Sep 2018 Sep 2018 10 2217

How come in past wars in past centuries men were willing--sometimes eager--to go off 4 raccoon Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 1746

Henri Dunant Made a Difference 0 bucolic_frolic Sep 2018 Sep 2018 0 1664

An Ancient Egyptian Village Just Found in The Nile Delta Predates The Pyramids by 2,500 Years 2 ashling Sep 2018 Sep 2018 35 2660

Airplanes in WWI. I know they were pretty new then, 6 raccoon Aug 2018 Aug 2018 0 2314

Last Highland Charge - Battle of Culloden 1 ashling Aug 2018 Aug 2018 5 2117

Thucydides vs. Herodotus 2 ashling Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 2156

World History Continued...

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Rulers of Europe 400 B.c. to present 4 Kaleva Aug 2018 Aug 2018 6 1970

Did Hitler think that after the invasion of Poland, Britain 7 raccoon Aug 2018 Aug 2018 3 2280

This 1491 Map May Have Influenced Christopher Columbus 0 Rhiannon12866 Aug 2018 Aug 2018 25 2636

What historical events really mean in practical terms. 6 raccoon Aug 2018 Aug 2018 2 2113

Anglo Saxon ring on fb 0 ashling Jul 2018 Jul 2018 8 1708

Literature: *George Orwell* The School of Life 1 appalachiablue Jul 2018 Jul 2018 1 2042

Build like an Aegean and Bronze Age Israel 0 ashling Jul 2018 Jul 2018 3 1791

Edward I castles 4 ashling Jul 2018 Jul 2018 6 2033

The Lindesfarne Gospels - manuscripts from the Early Middle Ages 2 ashling Jun 2018 Jun 2018 18 2029

Pankration - Greek martial arts 2 ashling Jun 2018 Jun 2018 0 1889

Why did Elizabeth I think it necessary to keep Lady Mary Gray and her husband imprisoned? 4 raccoon Jun 2018 Jun 2018 0 4167

Researchers astounded by the intricacy of a Mycenaean carved gemstone 1 ashling Jun 2018 Jun 2018 16 1971

Now AHC TV: PARIS, 'City of Loot *Hunting Nazi Treasure Series* 0 appalachiablue Jun 2018 Jun 2018 2 1753

David Douglas Duncan, 102, Who Photographed the Reality of War, Dies 0 elleng Jun 2018 Jun 2018 3 1498

Why Hitler Lost the War: German Strategic Mistakes in WWII 11 bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 May 2018 2 3601

Police Recover Gold Relic Heart of French Queen, Anne of Brittany 3 appalachiablue Apr 2018 Apr 2018 11 2492

Siegfried Sassoon's WWI diaries published online 5 theHandpuppet Aug 2014 Apr 2018 6 3189

Karen Dawisha, 68, Dies; Traced Roots of Russian Corruption. 0 elleng Apr 2018 Apr 2018 5 1469

Any World War II buffs here? 4 CTyankee Sep 2014 Mar 2018 3 2389

Scientists have likely found Charlemagne's skeleton 29 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Mar 2018 28 14078

Dancing for love in Chad 1 shenmue Feb 2017 Mar 2018 4 2021

Interesting Historical Photos 3 rug Feb 2016 Mar 2018 6 5822

What if Gavrilo Princip had failed at assassinating Prince Franz Ferdinand? 5 DetlefK Jul 2014 Mar 2018 1 4168

The World at War HD (1080p) - Ep. 11 - Red Star: The Soviet Union (19411943) 2 bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 1997

"Ghosts of Stonehenge" (PBS Nova) 3 left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 Mar 2018 4 2813

Rapes during the Battle of Berlin, and my Reichstag guide 18 steve2470 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 3506

The Moron watched a parade in France and wanted one too. 1 BigmanPigman Feb 2018 Mar 2018 6 1702

Can anyone recommend a good book about Stalin? 13 lordsummerisle Oct 2017 Mar 2018 0 3801

Did Hitler think that taking over Poland 8 raccoon Mar 2018 Mar 2018 0 2113

You World War Two history buffs will love this Twitter feed, I do 2 steve2470 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 6 1548

World History Continued...

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Andrew Nagorski, Author, "Hitlerland" 1 bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 Mar 2018 2 2091

Rene Descartes was an observer in the Catholic League Army of 1620 2 steve2470 Mar 2018 Mar 2018 1 1589

The Sausage War 3 Kaleva Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 2623

Secret War Episode 07 Agent Garbo 1 bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 Jan 2018 0 1926

Hitler Created a Fictional Persona To Recast Himself as Germany's Savior 0 steve2470 Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1329

Bletchley Park: Code-breakings Forgotten Genius 1 bucolic_frolic Dec 2017 Jan 2018 10 2015

I highly recommend the Netflix series "Five Came Back" 4 steve2470 Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1671

Why Should We Read Charles Dickens? Video Essay 9 appalachiablue Dec 2017 Dec 2017 19 3915

The Sun Never Set on the British Empire, or Its Food. 0 elleng Nov 2017 Nov 2017 1 1462

Allah Is Found on Viking Funeral Clothes. 1 elleng Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 1945

"The Korean people burnt down the US aggression ship General Sherman which intruded into Pyongyang" 3 steve2470 Oct 2017 Oct 2017 1 2545

Slovak Village Prospers in Partnership With Roma Residents It Once Shunned. 0 elleng Sep 2017 Sep 2017 1 2075

documentary "Romanitas in Anglo-Saxon England" 0 eShirl Sep 2017 Sep 2017 0 2556

Indias Muslims and the Price of Partition 0 elleng Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 1419

2,500 year-old gay erotica found carved in rock 0 left-of-center2012 Aug 2017 Aug 2017 3 4289

A younger brother of the Last Emperor of China died in 2015 1 Kaleva Aug 2017 Aug 2017 5 3095

We've all heard of "Bretton Woods", here is a very short description of what it is 3 dixiegrrrrl Aug 2017 Aug 2017 1 2151

United Kingdom citizenship test....Can you pass on British History? 15 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Jun 2017 4 8060

The Canary Girls: The workers the war turned yellow 0 rug May 2017 May 2017 12 1814

These Rare Color Photos From the Second World War Are Incredible 2 rug Apr 2017 May 2017 7 1844

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