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Why did so few Roman emperors have biological children?

Submitted by hazhulkha t3_z92bu9 on November 30, 2022 at 8:32 PM

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Bookclub Wednesday!

Submitted by AutoModerator t3_z8pozv on November 30, 2022 at 12:00 PM

8 comments

30,000 Medieval items available online for the first time --- Seven European institutions created a database of 34,000 new images of medieval items, including manuscripts, books, and coins.

aleteia.org

Submitted by Culturedecanted t3_z8cc4b on November 30, 2022 at 1:04 AM

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On April 2, 1941, a Japanese foreign minister asked Pope Pius XII to speak to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, so as to avert "a war of mutual destruction”

english.kyodonews.net

Submitted by marketrent t3_z5y036 on November 27, 2022 at 10:33 AM

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Findings from 2,000-year-old Uluburun shipwreck reveal complex trade network

phys.org

Submitted by ArtOak t3_z92xjv on November 30, 2022 at 8:54 PM

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Lost islands cited in Welsh folklore and poetry are plausible, new evidence on the evolution of the coastline of west Wales has revealed

swansea.ac.uk

Submitted by marketrent t3_z2q75q on November 23, 2022 at 2:14 PM

115 comments

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Questions For Labor Historians: Resistance In Company Towns?

Submitted by Ahruzimel t3_z7vv7k on November 29, 2022 at 2:39 PM

36 comments

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Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday!

Submitted by AutoModerator t3_yzbc5f on November 19, 2022 at 1:00 PM

55 comments

Ancient Ukrainian “megasites” may have been the world’s first cities, challenging long-held views on the beginnings of urbanism

blog.degruyter.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_z2p7b4 on November 23, 2022 at 1:31 PM

7 comments

Scientists Reconstruct Face of 19th-Century Man Accused of Being a Vampire

smithsonianmag.com

Submitted by That-Situation-4262 t3_z2qla8 on November 23, 2022 at 2:30 PM

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An extensive cache of Aztec ritual offerings provides new insight into pre-Hispanic religious rites and political propaganda — excavations continue in downtown Mexico City, where the empire's holiest shrine was historically situated

reuters.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_z3ypk5 on November 25, 2022 at 12:10 AM

15 comments

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Ancient Egyptian mummification was never intended to preserve bodies

livescience.com

Submitted by IslandChillin t3_z1yao6 on November 22, 2022 at 4:43 PM

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Researchers in Galicia open 15th-century tomb to test Columbus link theory. Explorer is generally believed to have been born in Italy in 1451 but some argue he was in fact born in Spain

theguardian.com

Submitted by ArtOak t3_z2i20c on November 23, 2022 at 6:54 AM

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Why Isn’t the New Testament in Latin?

Submitted by ItaloSvevo111 t3_z3h2tn on November 24, 2022 at 11:00 AM

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Medieval shipwreck discovered in Norway during hunt for WWII ammunitions - could be one of Norway's oldest shipwrecks has been found on the bottom of a lake near Oslo.

livescience.com

Submitted by ArtOak t3_z2z44z on November 23, 2022 at 8:08 PM

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Coins study suggests ‘fake emperor’ was real, say scientists

theguardian.com

Submitted by IslandChillin t3_z2zxf9 on November 23, 2022 at 8:40 PM

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Faces from the past – Stucco Maya masks unearthed at Toniná

heritagedaily.com

Submitted by IslandChillin t3_z7lcoq on November 29, 2022 at 6:09 AM

8 comments

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The trials of the Cuban revolution. Interesting facts about them as well as the roles of Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Che Guevara and the historical forces that drove these events.

Submitted by Anglicanpolitics123 t3_yztzlf on November 20, 2022 at 3:28 AM

27 comments

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They fled persecution in Nazi Germany. Then the British put them behind barbed wire

timesofisrael.com

Submitted by lanzkron t3_yny1uw on November 6, 2022 at 6:21 PM

203 comments

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Bookclub Wednesday!

Submitted by AutoModerator t3_z2naqw on November 23, 2022 at 12:00 PM

21 comments

Simple/Short/Silly History Questions Saturday!

Submitted by AutoModerator t3_z5703a on November 26, 2022 at 1:00 PM

147 comments

What is the oldest tribe or clan that has been existing throughout history? And also, the oldest ethnicity?

Submitted by sheerwaan t3_z4iwwm on November 25, 2022 at 5:26 PM

23 comments

Animal bones, ancient Romans’ snack food found in Colosseum

cyprus-mail.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_z3sqzu on November 24, 2022 at 7:39 PM

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Former Head of Bureau of Vital Statistics in New Orleans, Naomi Drake, changed the race on thousands of birth certs from "white" to black" from 1949-1965 in her quest to "catch" anyone with Black heritage