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Today in 1945...Homecoming Day on the Channel Island of Alderney. The residents of the island of Alderney were evacuated to mainland Britain in 1940. Under German occupation for the next five years, t... View More
The Nazi Occupation of the Islands of Guernsey - Historic UK
The Channel Islands of Guernsey (Guernsey, Herm, Sark, Alderney and Lihou) were under German occupation during World War Two, from 1940 to liberation in 1945...
The Punic Necropolis of Mahdia
The Punic funerary remains of Mahdia, a series of tombs carved into the rock, date back to a period between the 5th and the 2nd century BCE and are located in the northeast of Tunisia. These tombs are...
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The Wartime Spies Who Used Knitting As An Espionage Tool
One day during WORLD WAR I, an older woman in Belgium sat by her window, knitting and watching the trains pass by. As one train coasted through, she
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Emperor Jing Was Deadly Serious About Board Game Rules And Checkmating Kings
For many people in ancient China, life under the early emperors of the Han Dynasty (starting with Emperor Gaozu c. 202 BCE) was a time of tranquility and peace. Yet, for the new Liu imperial…
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The Yule Cat of Iceland: A Different Kind of Christmas Tradition - Medievalists.net
By Minjie Su You know the Christmas Cat, – That cat was enormous. People know not where he came from Nor to what…
Seven Notorious Women Pirates
In this article, we look at the lives and deeds of seven notorious women pirates. There is Teuta, the Balkan enemy of ancient Rome; Alwilda, the Scandinavian princess who chose a life of crime on the....
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#OTD 1526 Pope Clement VII publishes decree Cum ad zero - forms Inquisition
Inquisition | Encyclopedia.com
INQUISITION INQUISITION. Scholars distinguish between the medieval, or papal, Inquisition, which evolved in the thirteenth century to combat the Cathar heresy in southern France [1], and the modern In...