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Magellan did NOT circumnavigate the earth! PBS, Magellan's Crossing 4 elleng Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 1380
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This message was self-deleted by its author 0 left-of-center2012 Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 857
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Treasure hunter finds gold hoard buried by Iron Age chieftain 5 left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 Sep 2021 16 1574
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Crusader mass grave in Lebanon sheds light on cruelty of medieval warfare 1 left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 Sep 2021 5 1070
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The Forgotten Indian Soldiers of Dunkirk, WWII 0 appalachiablue Sep 2021 Sep 2021 4 976
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The rise and fall of the Assyrian Empire - Marian H Feldman 1 Uncle Joe Sep 2021 Sep 2021 2 1017
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Thousands of Rare Artifacts Discovered Beneath Tudor Manor's Attic Floorboards 10 left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 Aug 2021 62 2995
Archaeologists in Egypt Discover Mummy With Gold Tongue 2 left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 Aug 2021 10 1011
Archaeologists Unearth Egyptian Queen's Tomb, 13-Foot 'Book of the Dead' Scroll 0 left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 Aug 2021 14 881
Violet Gibson, Irish Woman Shot Italian Fascist Dictator Mussolini, Almost Altered History: New Film 4 appalachiablue Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 1371
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 appalachiablue Aug 2021 Aug 2021 0 573
Prologue To Annihilation, Cold Pogrom Against Jews, Early Third Reich (1930-36) Known By US, Britain 0 appalachiablue Aug 2021 Aug 2021 1 873
Elizabeth Monroe, Wife of Jas. Monroe Rescued Mme. de Lafayette From Guillotine In French Revolution 6 appalachiablue Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1107
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Persephone, The Robot Guide, Leads Visitors In A Greek Cave 0 appalachiablue Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 912
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Heroic Women-Run Resistance In Ghettos & Nazi Death Camps: New Book, 'The Light of Days' 3 appalachiablue Aug 2021 Aug 2021 10 1035

World History Continued...

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Monty Python, Constitutional Peasants Scene 1 appalachiablue Aug 2021 Aug 2021 8 883
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The Day The Soviets Nearly Captured Hitler, WW2 5 appalachiablue Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1044
'Inside The Revolution,' Episode 5. The Spanish Civil War, BBC Documentary 0 appalachiablue Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 939
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Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) *1st Battle Between Democracy & Fascism* Prelude To Tragedy, WWII 2 appalachiablue Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1098
Inside Vietnam's Forgotten Drone War (msn) 0 eppur_se_muova Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 949
Ancient Rome in 20 minutes 1 Uncle Joe Aug 2021 Aug 2021 10 928
Ancient Greece in 18 minutes 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2021 Aug 2021 5 924
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Dagger Linked to Enigmatic Indian Civilization 1 left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1056
3,500-year-old summer residence of Hittite kings to host visitors 3 left-of-center2012 Aug 2021 Aug 2021 4 1047
With More Freedom, Young Women in Albania Shun Tradition of 'Sworn Virgins' 2 elleng Aug 2021 Aug 2021 2 1224
Kindertransport: Jewish Children Rescued From Nazi Europe After Kristallnacht 1938, Sent To Britain 4 appalachiablue Aug 2021 Aug 2021 7 1792
Scientists in Morocco unearth Stone Age hand-axe site dating back 1.3 million years 0 left-of-center2012 Jul 2021 Jul 2021 12 1359
Well-Preserved Visigoth Sarcophagus Found at Roman Villa in Spain 6 left-of-center2012 Jul 2021 Jul 2021 15 1577
Traces of Submerged Roman Road Found Beneath Venetian Lagoon 1 left-of-center2012 Jul 2021 Jul 2021 10 1232
Spain: Unease Over Planned Statue Honoring Elite Troops In Military Dictator Franco's Fascist Mvmt. 4 appalachiablue Jul 2021 Jul 2021 2 1551
Amateur Metal-Detectorist Finds Viking 'Piggy Bank' Filled With 1,000-Year-Old Silver Coins 2 left-of-center2012 Jul 2021 Jul 2021 12 1419
Deposed Ninth-Century King May Have Called This Cave Dwelling Home 4 left-of-center2012 Jul 2021 Jul 2021 6 1708
The terrible beauty of reading Max Hastings. 1 NNadir Jul 2021 Jul 2021 2 1146
Nazi Germany, Opposition To Hitler: 'They're Drunk On Propaganda' 0 appalachiablue Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 1078
One of Napoleon's Hats Could Fetch 600,000 Euros At Auction In Paris 0 appalachiablue Jul 2021 Jul 2021 3 1230
American Nazis, The German American Bund: Fascist Groups in Europe 1920s, 1930s 2 appalachiablue Jul 2021 Jul 2021 4 1438
Hitler's Forgotten Ally, Croatia's Ante Pavelic: Pre-War Fascists, Nationalists In Nazi Europe 0 appalachiablue Jul 2021 Jul 2021 3 1819
Kim Hong-do, Korea's Renaissance Painter 0 soryang Jul 2021 Jul 2021 5 1450
Metal Detectorist Discovers Black Death Period Coins 2 left-of-center2012 Jun 2021 Jun 2021 9 1462
This date, 28 June 1935, Paragraph 175 & 175a. 0 irisblue Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1321
Christopher Clark: The 1848 Revolutions 1 bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1191
Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt 3 Montauk6 Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1206

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I wonder why so many scholars of Islam pronounce Caliph as 'CAY-liff' & not 'cah-LEEF' 5 Bucky Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1893
Elzbieta Wondraczek born this date survived Auschwitz 1 irisblue Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1114
Odd Arne Westad - Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations 0 soryang Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 1525
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This message was self-deleted by its author 1 appalachiablue Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 1075
*Five centuries ago, a major revolution overturned traditional ship designs; 2 elleng Jun 2021 Jun 2021 6 1287
Sir Ken Adam: German Fighter Pilot In Brit RAF WW2; Film Design Awards, James Bond, Dr Strangelove.. 0 appalachiablue May 2021 May 2021 1 1516
Sand Dunes Preserved These Roman Baths in Spain for Thousands of Years 1 left-of-center2012 May 2021 May 2021 2 1113
Nazi Princesses, The Fates of Top Nazis' Wives & Mistresses: Mark Felton Prod. 3 appalachiablue Feb 2021 May 2021 12 3344
Mexico City Marks 500th Anniversary of the Fall of Tenochtitln 0 left-of-center2012 May 2021 May 2021 0 874
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SS Bank Heist - Berlin 1945 0 bucolic_frolic May 2021 May 2021 1 1147
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***Inside the Met PBS 0 elleng May 2021 May 2021 0 858
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