Category Archives: History

The Valley of The Kings, Egypt

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Does anyone know what this building is/was used for?

[…] Icy_Zookeepergame148 • 3h ago Charter Street Mission (formerly Charter Street Ragged School and Working Girls’ Home), Non Civil Parish – 1461979 | Historic England https://share.google/BTL0wfhpQy8aQe6yC

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This is the natural disaster to worry about

The strange natural material that reshaped the world. Sponsored by Ground News – Go to https://groundnews.com/Ve to see through media misconceptions and get all sides of every story. Subscribe to save 40% off the unlimited Vantage Plan through our link. … Continue reading

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A Tomato Plant On An Isolated Island Led To A Scientific Cover Up #funfact

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Friedrich Engels – His life in Manchester

30 Mar 2020 Friedrich Engels: The entrepreneur, philosopher and social critic lived in the “shock city” Manchester for over 20 years. […]  

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The Collapse of the Roman Empire, or, Why were medieval people more primitive than the Romans?

Apologies for the sound in this one. Still figuring out what I should do with my boom mic when I’m wearing a hat. The final quote is from the 18th-century historian Edward Gibbon in his “History of the Decline and … Continue reading

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Why are they spelled with U?

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It’s All Henry VIII!: A Beginner’s Guide To The Dissolution of the Monasteries

Note: Have had a couple of comments to the effect that the interpretation of Leviticus 20:21 presented here is incorrect. To clarify: this isn’t my interpretation; it’s Henry VIII’s. You’re going to have to take it up with him, I’m … Continue reading

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After the atomic bombing of Hiroshima 80 years ago…

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London’s ‘Eighth Wonder Of The World’

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