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AvatarLisha HansenFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWho was Attila the Hun, the barbarian ruler who terrorised the Romans?historyextra.com - Emma MasonAttila the Hun (c406–453) was the leader of the ancient nomadic people known as the Huns from 434 to 453 AD and ruler of the Hunnic Empire. He was a …
AvatarLisha HansenFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe palace of Versailles: Sun King Louis XIV's ultimate power playhistoryextra.com - Jonny WilkesLouis XIV looked out at his father’s old hunting lodge and envisioned a stronger, more unified and more magnificent France than the one he had …
AvatarLisha HansenFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBeds and their Bedfellowshistorytoday.com - Hollie L.S. MorganA history from the earliest humans to those occupying ‘the bed of the future’. The average human spends around one third of their lives in bed. It is …
AvatarLisha HansenFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoDeath and the Afterlife in Ancient Persiaancient.eu - Joshua J. MarkA vision of the afterlife is articulated by every culture, ancient or modern, in an effort to answer the question of what happens after death. …
AvatarLisha HansenFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWelsh Mine Supplied Copper to Bronze Age Europe - Archaeology Magazinearchaeology.org - Ben LeonardCurrent Issue 3-D Flyby of Fountains Abbey Reading the Rök Runestone Playing Moche Badminton Inside Cambodia's Cave of Bridges High Altitude …
AvatarLisha HansenAvatarAvatar'Sober but very immoral': What Victorian-era 'poverty maps' tell us about London todayverified_publisherThe Guardian - Stuart JeffriesA new edition of Charles Booth’s maps and research shows a London in which grinding poverty and wealth lived side by side. How different is today’s capital?
AvatarLisha HansenFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo8 things you (probably) didn’t know about medieval electionshistoryextra.com - Emma MasonMedieval people liked their elections: they elected bishops, popes, abbots, mayors, members of parliament, town councils, and so on. Perhaps …
AvatarLisha HansenFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoRise of the Greek Crane - Archaeology Magazinearchaeology.org - JASON URBANUSAncient Greece is renowned for its extraordinary stone temples. Structures such as the Parthenon were only made possible by the invention of the …
AvatarLisha HansenAvatarAvatarDiscovering Gilgamesh, the World’s First Action Heroverified_publisherNational Geographic - Francisco del Rio SanchezA self-taught scholar was responsible for finding the world’s first epic myth hidden among broken clay tablets in the British Museum. Recovered from Nineveh in the late 19th century, shattered clay tablets covered in indecipherable writing held one of the world’s greatest treasures. Locked within …
AvatarLisha HansenFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Great Viking Hall in Lejre was Fenced-in by a Palisade with an Impressive Gatemedieval.eu - Medieval HistoriesThe great halls at Lejre – by myth linked to the royal dynasty of the Scyldingas , Skjöldungar – continues to amaze. Holding the largest hall ever …
AvatarLisha HansenFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWilliam Dalrymple on the East India Companyhistoryextra.com - Rachel DinningHistorian and author William Dalrymple discusses his new book, The Anarchy, which reveals how a single London corporation took over the Mughal empire …