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The Eighty Years' War (1568-1648, also known as The Dutch Revolt and Dutch War of Independence) was a military conflict between the seventeen provinces of the Netherlands and Spain, which then governed them, beginning in the reign of King...

Medieval European Manorialism (Manorial System) was the system where rural society was arranged around a manor house or castle on an estate. The smallest units of these estates were called manors. Free and unfree labourers here worked the...

View of the Theatral Area of the Palace of Knossos (Crete) and the Royal Road right below.

The Pinson Mounds are a State Archeological Park in Madison County, Tennessee, USA enclosing a prehistoric Native American religious site comprising earthen mounds built during the Middle Woodland Period (c. 200 BCE - 500 CE). Although there...

You'll notice that many ex-British Colonies, like Australia, Canada and New Zealand don't use pounds like their former British overlords but instead use dollars. Why? What caused these nations to switch currencies and why did they prefer...

During the late 3rd millennium BCE, the area of the middle Euphrates developed a distinctive regional culture. Between 1963-1973 CE, an international rescue mission excavated a large number of sites in this region which were threatened by...

During the late 3rd millennium BCE, the area of the middle Euphrates developed a distinctive regional culture. Between 1963-1973 CE, an international rescue mission excavated a large number of sites in this region which were threatened by...

A digital reconstruction Temple B in the Area Sacra di Largo Argentina, Rome. The reconstruction is based on how the temple may have appeared when it was built in 101 BCE. Made by NeoMam Studios and THISISRENDER in collaboration with Expedia...

Area DS-1 of Tel Kabri in 2011 as seen from the Mandate Period road.

Magdala's ritual area with the four miqva'ot discovered during seasons 2011 - 2016. Magdala was inhabited from the second century BCE to the third century CE.