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The bar counter of Bar Boia in Cadaqu's could be dismantled forever this July
45+ min ago (89+ words) The balcony of Bar Boia in Cadaqu's could be dismantled forever this July Diari ARA The bar counter of Bar Boia in Cadaqu's could be dismantled forever this July If the plenary session of the Alt Empord" Regional Council disqualifies…...
On The Baltic Way and Discovering History in Latvia
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (797+ words) Geopolitical Monitor On The Baltic Way and Discovering History in Latvia In Latvia, as in the other Baltic states, it is usually the smaller museums outside of the main occupation museums that tend to be the most impactful. Over three…...
Some early herders didn't quit fishing and foraging for a millennium after first keeping livestock
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (264+ words) Early herders in eastern Africa kept diverse diets for nearly a millennium after adopting livestock, new research shows, challenging assumptions about rapid dietary specialization. Domestic cattle in the Turkana region, Kenya Credit: Katherine Grillo A new study in PNAS has…...
The Pontic Greek Genocide: One of History's Worst Atrocities
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (1730+ words) Greece marks May 19th as Pontic Greek Genocide Remembrance Day, to honor the memory of approximately 353, 000 Pontians exterminated by the New Turks and the Ottoman Empire between 1916 and 1923. In one of the darkest chapters in Greece's long history, the Pontic Genocide…...
Elaborately decorated skeletons in Catholic churches across Bavaria take some visitors by surprise
11+ hour, 45+ min ago (589+ words) The skeletons " known as Vincenzius, Valerius, Benedictus and Felix Benedictus " are the remains of so-called catacomb saints that were brought to the Benedictine monastery near the Bavarian town of Bad Staffelstein from Rome in the late 17th and 18th century. "It's actually…...
Archaeologists in Hungary Reveal Ancient Sarmatian Village and Coin of Roman Emperor Gallienus
5+ hour, 2+ min ago (497+ words) Archaeologists in Hungary have uncovered traces of an ancient Sarmatian settlement during excavations near "rbotty'n, a town in Pest County, according to work published by Tragor Ign'c M'zeum. The excavation took place between late February and early March 2026. It was…...
2, 200-Year-Old Mother Goddess Stele Found in Turkey Points to Hellenistic Sanctuary
6+ hour, 4+ min ago (437+ words) A broken stone stele discovered beside an ancient road in western Turkey may mark the site of a previously unknown Hellenistic sanctuary dedicated to Kybele, the ancient Mother Goddess worshipped across Anatolia and the Mediterranean world. The artifact was uncovered…...
Ancient Chinese musician figurines inspire Song dynasty dance revival | TV BRICS, 18. 05. 26
8+ hour, 12+ min ago (222+ words) Based on wooden figurines of musicians from the Northern Song dynasty, a dance performance has been created and the costumes reconstructed In China, a unique set of ten wooden figurines of female musicians has formed the basis for a dance…...
Horses were being ridden, worked, and domesticated long before anyone thought it was possible
9+ hour, 31+ min ago (832+ words) Not long ago, geneticists thought they had settled the origin story of domesticated horses with a single data point. Around 2200 BCE, one calm-tempered lineage swept across the ancient world. That was when horses changed history " or so the consensus went....
Opinion: Were the British really that bad?
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (127+ words) Compared to the dictators and totalitarian regimes of the 20th century, British rule in 1776 seems almost mild, but there was a deeper political conflict...