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European Settlements in India.
Map of India with Sri Lanka, illustrating locations of European settlements in the subcontinent between 1501 and 1739.
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Titanic's Musicians
The musicians of RMS Titanic who played right until the ship sank in the Atlantic after hitting an iceberg on 15 April 1912. None of the band survived the disaster.
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Alp Arslan Monument, Ashgabat
A photo of the monument to Alp Arslan, part of the Independence Monument in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Alp Arslan was the Sultan of the Seljuk Empire from 1063 - 1072 CE.
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Excavation under the Acropolis Museum
Remains of a deme of the city of Athens, featuring layers of building periods from Classical times to Late Antiquity.
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Tughlaqabad Fort
A panoramic view of the Tughlaqabad Fort. Built during the reign of the Sultan of Delhi, Ghiyasuddin Tughluq (aka Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, r. 1320-1325), founder of the Tughlaq dynasty.
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Herodotus in Art
Herodotus' Histories with their historical, geographical, ethnographic, and religious aspects, have always been a source of delight and interest, not only for generations of readers, students, and storytellers, but also for artists. A...
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Cult of Mithras Explained
The Cult of Mithras was a thriving religion in the Roman Empire. But by the 5th century....it was gone. What do we know about the Cult of Mithras? And what was its relationship with Christianity? Twitter: @andrewmarkhenry Blog: www.religionforbreakfast.com...
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Lost City of Cahokia | Animated Documentary | Myth Stories
Welcome to Cahokia. Centuries ago, this area was home to a Native American metropolis bigger than London. Cahokia had astronomers who studied the stars and builders who erected vast structures. Their designs included hundreds of man-made...
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A Visitor's Guide to Rome's Frontier in Germany
In the 2nd century CE, the Roman Empire stretched from Scotland in northern Europe to the deserts of southern Egypt, encompassing the entirety of the Mediterranean basin. Beyond that lay its borders. Where there was no natural frontier such...
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The Rise of Cities in the Ancient Mediterranean
The history of the ancient world has always been told as a history of cities, from Homer's epic poems about events just before and just after the sack of Troy, through the prose histories of wars between Athens and Sparta, Rome and Carthage...