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Biblical stories come alive in this rare transcription of ancient manuscripts. Written in classic drammatic script form in four acts. STRONG, VILE AND IMPROPER LANGUAGE ADVISORY.
Hawaii turns 50 years old as the 50th state, but there will be
no grand parades, no dazzling fireworks, no lavish displays of native
culture.
Organizers of the observation are not even willing to call it a party.
It is simply a "commemoration," one that is sensitive to a painful
history of the Hawaiian monarchy's overthrow and unresolved claims of
Native Hawaiians.
The first thing that arose when I cracked open the text is that we have hard cultural information on the Great Floods brought about by the reduction of the Northern Ice Sheet. This means that reconstruction has a viable starting point.
The Bwa Kay Iman uprising of 1791 was not the first major revolt against racial slavery in the Americas . Rather, it was the culmination of years of organized struggle. Singular only in its successful conclusion, Bwa Kay Iman counts among its main leaders a woman named Cecile Fatiman[6] and a man called Boukman[7].
President Barack Obama's public approval rating has plummeted faster than President Jimmy Carter’s, reports RealClearPolitics in its review of Gallup polling. Carter first polled at a 66 percent approval rating, dipping to 54 percent by September. Meanwhile, Obama has already tumbled down to 52 percent approval rating at the end of July, according to the latest Gallup survey.
Altinum plays a major role in Venice's history -- it was one of the richest Roman settlements but inhabitants fled before the advance of the armies of Attila the Hun. Then as water levels rose, the abandoned city sank into the lagoon...
The ships are submerged between 100 and 150 meters (about 330 to 490 feet) off Ventotene, a tiny island that is part of an archipelago off Italy's west coast between Rome and Naples.
Restoration workers have uncovered a well-preserved, long-hidden mosaic face of an angel at the former Byzantine cathedral of Haghia Sophia in Istanbul, an official said.
The seraphim figure — one of two located on the side of a dome — had been covered up along with the building's other Christian mosaics shortly after Constantinople — the former name for Istanbul — fell to the Ottomans in 1453 and the cathedral was turned into a mosque.
With bipartisan support, a resolution has been introduced in the House of Representatives to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Pig War.
The name, age, sex, and size of the pig has long been forgotten but the dispute its death triggered is the reason the border is where it is today between Washington state and Canada.
The pig was part of a herd owned by the Hudson's Bay Co., a British outfit. An American farmer shot it in the summer of 1859.
Killing livestock on the frontier was a serious offense. The farmer offered to pay restitution. Hudson's Bay wanted $100, an exorbitant sum back then. The farmer balked. Both countries sent in troops, with weapons were locked and loaded.
Nearly 500 U.S. Army regulars were commanded by Capt. George Pickett, who four years later would lead the charge almost 3,000 miles away at Gettysburg. The British had 400 battle-tested Royal Marines who had fought in conflicts such as the Opium War
The detailed service records of 250,000 medieval soldiers - including archers who served with Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt - have gone online.
It's 65 years since the Valkyrie attempt on Hitler’s life and coup, just one of the forms of resistance against the Nazi tyranny. Particularly interesting are details of revolts within concentration camps and ghettos & other courageous actions.
Yes, I couldn’t help but note the long and generally favorable obits on
Robert “the Strange” McNamara, at age 93. The obituaries ranged from
glowingly positive to, at worst that I read, neutral. I was shocked and
disgusted by these things. I considered the man to be a classic
sociopath and a war criminal, among other things. He was one of the
worst human beings ever to have lived.
The presence of traders and ultimately of miners triggered localized imitation of the parent cultures just as to day urban centers worldwide imitate the major centers. During the Bronze Age these centers were palace oriented polities. In Mycenae, these palaces were made of stone, elsewhere mostly of wood and earth. Regardless, a trader could arrive knowing what to expect and to have solid security for his goods.
Vatican archaeologists using laser technology have discovered what they
believe is the oldest image in existence of St Paul the Apostle, dating
from the late 4th century, on the walls of catacomb beneath Rome.
Additional material: The following 5 articles were mentioned or pertain to discussion of topics in my recent radio dialogue (Iran & World War II). I highly recommend reading them.
George Washington was an English colonist and thus was a second class citizen of the British Empire. He was educated, rich and was already at the top of what a second class citizen could become because they were not allowed to rule.
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Speaking at the University of Cairo, President Barack Hussein Obama said that Americans are indebted to Islam for the great contributions Muslims have made to the history and development of the United States.
Millvina Dean, who as a baby was wrapped in a sack and lowered into a lifeboat in the frigid North Atlantic, died Sunday, having been the last survivor of 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic. She was 97 years old, and she died where she had lived
It is additional evidence that a culture was struggling to develop a superior writing system, and the exigencies of using clay discs to send letters would promote an efficient alphabet. In fact this is strong evidence that our alphabet was originally
This documentary lays bare the truth about the U.S. involvement in wars from the late nineteenth century through today. The ultimate focus is upon the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Who bears the cost and who reaps the financial windfall for t
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Memorial Day, as common lore stands, is a day in which the fallen heroes of our brave country receive honors and remembrance. Many Americans remain uninformed as to the history of Memorial Day, and to the true patriots in need of honoring ...
The ancient town of Pavlopetri lies in three to four metres of water just off the coast of southern Laconia in Greece. The ruins date from at least 2800 BC through to intact buildings, courtyards, streets, chamber tombs and some thirty-seven cist gra
Enjoyed your article and found that I agreed with it almost completely. I'm 74 and have seem enormous changes to America -- even more than you have. An example: I was born in Arkansas and at that time there were no county roads. Bu
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...Without implementation and upholding of the principles for which men died, there really is no honor but only empty words.
So let us turn to the problem of ancient script. This article captures the nature of a known script and the problems in attempting to understand it with limited evidence. What I want to say though, is that the idea of writing information down on s
A note hidden in a bottle by Auschwitz prisoners 65 years ago in a desperate attempt to preserve a small piece of themselves was added Wednesday to the archives of the Polish state-run museum dedicated to the memory of the former Nazi death camp'
Poking through antiques stores while traveling through the Texas Panhandle, Bill Waters stumbled across a tattered old ledger book filled with formulas. He bought it for $200, suspecting he could resell it for five times that. Turns out, his inkling
Archaeologists have unearthed a Roman glass bowl, thought to be a unique find in the Western Roman Empire, at an ancient cemetery beyond the walls of the old city of London. The "millefiori" dish (a thousand flowers), believed to date from
