HISTORY

Pylon of Ptolemaic Temple Uncovered in Sohag Along Western Bank of Nile
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- . February 18, 2025
A complete pylon of a Ptolemaic temple called Batlmy, described as a ‘significant milestone’, has been found on the western

Focaccia Didn’t Originate in Rome, but in Mesopotamia 9,000 years ago!
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . February 15, 2025
By Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona A study led by researchers from the UAB and the University La Sapienza in Rome

Dongba: The Last Hieroglyph and the Struggle to Save Naxi Culture
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- . February 12, 2025
The Dongba symbols are an ancient system of pictographic glyphs created by the founder of the Bön religious tradition of

The Wendish Crusade: Holy War or Political Ambition in the Baltic Frontier?
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- . February 9, 2025
For centuries, the Polabian Slavs lived in their ancestral homeland around the Elbe River, in what is today Germany. Following

Oldest US Firearm Found in Arizona and Tied to Coronado Expedition
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- . February 6, 2025
A groundbreaking discovery in southern Arizona has unveiled the oldest known firearm in the continental United States. A bronze wall

Bronze Age Sword Found in Danish Bog Leads to Hoard
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- . February 3, 2025
A Bronze Age sword, ritually bent before being deposited as an offering, has been unearthed in Værebro Ådal by a

Following Threads to Colonial Barbados
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- . January 31, 2025
Samplers, pieces of embroidery made to practise or demonstrate needlework stitches, were an important part of girls’ education for centuries.

Thanksgiving Evolved From Fasting and Prayer to Feasting and Mourning
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- . January 28, 2025
Thanksgiving observances predate the feast of the year 1621 shared by the Wampanoag Indians and the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony

Who to Blame for Early Modern Climate Change?
- By fromermedia@gmail.com
- . January 25, 2025
The sky in the northern hemisphere had been darkened, the winters unusually harsh, and the summers barely arriving for decades

Otto the Great’s Tribute to His Late English Queen Finally Makes Sense
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- . January 22, 2025
A historical document composed by King Otto I, better known as Otto the Great, to his English queen has been