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LONDON, 1998 - Renovators were working on turning Benjamin Franklin's ambassadorial abode in London into a museum and stumb...
“The only feeling I have is the great satisfaction a hunter feels who has killed a beast of prey.” - Lyudmila Pavlichenko
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Last week...
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It's a major victory for Peru's archaeological community, over four thousand archaeological and historical pieces have been returne...
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Last time on the History of Science Fiction, we covered the 18th and 19th centuries-- which were truly historic for the genre. It all began...
“It’s very special that the man and woman’s graves are marked by the same tomb or palisade. It’s unusual that we’re able to establish that the man and woman wer...
"The name Elagabalus is branded in history above all others unspeakably disgusting life." - Barthold Georg Niebuhr
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Last week, we covered...
"Until recently, who would have thought that Ipplepen village was once 'plugged in' to the Roman empire?" - Danielle Wootton, liaison officer for the Portable A...
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It's a battle that's recorded in history textbooks all over the globe, and one of the most decisive battles ever in European history. It began...
“We will see what we find in the next stages. The history of this place is very old. If we can find evidence from the Hittite era, we will make a great contribu...
"You don't just have these silent but deadly bullets flying over; you've got a sound effect coming off them that would keep the defenders' heads down, Every arm...
Elizabeth Lundin is a Portland-based freelance writer and blogger who enjoys writing about history almost as much as she enjoys reading it: which is quite a lot.
