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Nepali man shatters speed record for scaling the world's tallest mountains 'to show human capacity' 2 applegrove Oct 2019 Oct 2019 5 1337
Korean president assassinated today, 40 years ago 1 soryang Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1169
Impeachment's Roots Go Back To 14th Century English Law, King Edward III Era 1 appalachiablue Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1526
1535 London: Bishop John Fisher's head "grew daily fresher and fresher...caused...traffic jams" 2 steve2470 Jul 2017 Sep 2019 2 2549
youtube documentary "Fall of Great Empires - Alexander and the Fall of the Persian Empire" 1 eShirl Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 1234
Are the Positions of the U.S. and Japanese Governments in Agreement in the American POW Forced Labor 0 soryang Sep 2019 Sep 2019 1 1369
End of Golden Age: Dutch museum bans term from exhibits 0 Eugene Sep 2019 Sep 2019 5 1403
TY to John III Sobieski 0 Falcata Sep 2019 Sep 2019 2 1482
Origins of the South Korean- Japanese dispute over Dokto 0 soryang Sep 2019 Sep 2019 0 1664
Has anyone read "The Arms of Krupp" ? 7 backtoblue Aug 2019 Sep 2019 2 3231
Hitler tamed by prison 1 left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 1292
The Atlantic Slave Trade in Two Minutes 2 elleng Aug 2019 Aug 2019 6 1625
'The Hittites lived in interesting times' - art after the end of civilisation 4 ashling Jun 2019 Aug 2019 3 1686
Overlooked No More: Rani of Jhansi, India's Warrior Queen Who Fought the British 0 elleng Aug 2019 Aug 2019 4 1183
Divers Find 2,000-Year-Old Shipwreck Graveyard Near Tiny Greek Island 1 left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 4 1316
A movie on the Holocaust. Yes, it shows it all, you are warned. Night and Fog, 32min 7 Stuart G Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 1948
Megalomaniac Stalin's World War II: 1941 and the Man of Steel 1 bucolic_frolic Aug 2019 Aug 2019 3 1385
Medieval Warrior Woman Found in a Viking Graveyard Was No Viking 3 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 5 1954
An Ancient Greek Philosopher Was Exiled for Claiming the Moon Was a Rock, Not a God 3 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 8 1696
HITLER WAS INCOMPETENT AND LAZY--AND HIS NAZI GOVERNMENT WAS AN ABSOLUTE CLOWN SHOW 11 Cattledog Jul 2019 Jul 2019 34 3833
Excavating a Horror That Some Koreans Wish Would Stay Buried 1 soryang Jul 2019 Jul 2019 9 2094
Ancient city of Babylon designated Unesco World Heritage Site 0 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 5 1627
Greek Temples of Sicily 2 ashling Jul 2019 Jul 2019 16 2318
3d live in Knossos 0 ashling Jul 2019 Jul 2019 1 1275
Undisturbed Ancient Roman shipwreck found off the coast of Cyprus 0 sandensea Jul 2019 Jul 2019 19 1981
Poseidon or Zeus 3 ashling Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1485
Vatican To Open World War II-Era Secret Archives On Former Pope Pius XII 1 left-of-center2012 Mar 2019 Jun 2019 2 1595
South Korean Controversy: Was Kim Won Bong a Patriot? 4 soryang Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 3211
The 'Mad Bagpiper' of D-Day, Normandy, Brit Soldier Bill Millin 5 appalachiablue Jun 2019 Jun 2019 10 2880
Missouri S&T Military Historian Reflects On Legacy And Lessons Of D-Day 75 Years Later 0 Sherman A1 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1342

World History Continued...

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This message was self-deleted by its author 9 appalachiablue Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 2891
Ancient trireme open to public 2 ashling May 2019 May 2019 10 1782
Medieval Scholars Joust With White Nationalists. And One Another. 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 2 1463
The Strange Navy That Shipped Millions of Japanese Home 3 Sherman A1 May 2019 May 2019 5 1764
Newly Discovered 4,000-Year Old Egyptian Tomb Stuns Archaeologists 2 ashling Apr 2019 Apr 2019 12 1889
UN greenlights equipment into NK for relics excavation 0 soryang Apr 2019 Apr 2019 1 1385
I read this guy on twitter occasionally. 2 irisblue Apr 2019 Apr 2019 11 1587
St. Louis Holocaust Museum Preserves Survivors' Stories In Interactive Online Archive 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2019 Apr 2019 3 1446
Matthew Flinders: Australia explorer's remains found 1 left-of-center2012 Jan 2019 Mar 2019 3 1813
Women With Axes: Looking Back at World War II 'Lumberjills' 4 steve2470 Mar 2019 Mar 2019 19 3088
What the earliest fragments of English reveal 4 left-of-center2012 Jan 2019 Jan 2019 15 2135
How climate change caused the world's first ever empire to collapse 0 ashling Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 1523
Would anyone be able to help? 0 irisblue Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1474
Timelapse of Every Battle in History 5 T_i_B Jan 2019 Jan 2019 12 3010
1988 East German Map of West Berlin 8 NeoGreen Jan 2019 Jan 2019 3 2151
Harnessed horse unearthed in ancient stable near Pompeii 3 left-of-center2012 Dec 2018 Dec 2018 11 1852
Tony Robinson Down Under (documentary series) 1 eShirl Dec 2018 Dec 2018 3 1549
New Sumerian Tablets of Creation Documentary 2018 0 OxQQme Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1773
Egypt unearths tomb of ancient high priest 0 left-of-center2012 Dec 2018 Dec 2018 4 1459
Stone relief of Prophet Daniel identified in central Turkey's Konya 3 left-of-center2012 Dec 2018 Dec 2018 4 1735
Ito Hirobumi and Colonization of Korea 0 soryang Dec 2018 Dec 2018 1 1802
Deciphered 4,500-Year-Old Pillar Shows First Known Record of a Border Dispute 0 left-of-center2012 Dec 2018 Dec 2018 7 1792
Rare gold coins found in Israeli city of Caesarea 1 left-of-center2012 Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 1595
History Journal Lesson - Advice to South Korean Leadership? 0 soryang Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1713
Egypt unveils 3,000-year-old tomb and sarcophagi in Luxor 0 left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 9 1729
Charles Dickens Lost Portrait (1843) Turns Up In So. Africa Auction 4 appalachiablue Nov 2018 Nov 2018 9 2107
40 years ago today: the Jonestown massacre 4 Eugene Nov 2018 Nov 2018 7 2260
Ancient Greek city Tenea found by archaeologists 0 left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 9 1618
How the World's Only Feudal Lord Outclassed the Nazis to Save Her People 3 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 10 1780
Marie Antoinette's Jewels For Auction: Pearls, Diamonds, Lock of Hair. 2 appalachiablue Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1874

World History Continued...

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Epaminondas 0 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1675
Centuries-old alcohol discovered in China 1 left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 3 1640
World War I: The 'Black Army' that marched in from Africa 0 left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 4 1558
Minoan Civilization 0 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 6 1695
Enslaving the Children: Populist Politics and Savage Consensus (Vote!) 0 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1429
Joseph Goebbels reportedly was quite a successful womanizer. 4 raccoon Nov 2018 Nov 2018 0 1872
Drone Video Captures The Glory Of Mycenae, The Enigmatic Stronghold Of The Bronze Age 'Greeks' 3 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 5 6399
HOME CULTURE Map Shows The Homeland Of 'Most' Of The Characters In Homer's Iliad 2 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 7 1657
Archaeologists Have Possibly Discovered The Largest Ancient Settlement In South Caucasus 2 ashling Nov 2018 Nov 2018 7 1897
Buried 'medieval' porpoise stumps expert 2 left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1584
Chocolate: Origins of delicacy pushed back in time 0 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1577
3,000-year-old Assyrian art work expected to fetch more than $10M 7 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 0 1966
Century-Old Fruit Cake Found in Antarctic Hut 3 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 4 1653
Man who foiled Nazi nuclear plan dies aged 99 2 sandensea Oct 2018 Oct 2018 7 1565
Giant, Prehistoric Bird Chowed Down on This Neanderthal Child's Bones 2 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 1508
How life in Britain changed after the Romans left (409AD) 3 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 7 1595
Ancient shipwrecks found in Greek waters tell tale of trade routes 0 left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 Oct 2018 4 1433
Why most narrative history is wrong: Even the best histories fail 6 Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2018 Oct 2018 6 1814
Hidden Library: How Science Is Virtually Unwrapping the Charred Scrolls of Herculaneum 4 ashling Sep 2018 Sep 2018 10 1884
How come in past wars in past centuries men were willing--sometimes eager--to go off 4 raccoon Sep 2018 Sep 2018 2 1446
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