UNESCO Heritage Sites Class of 2023: Central Asia Winning Out
The 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee took place in Riyadh from the 10th to the 25th of…
Tag: History
Two More Members of Pentagon Brass Discuss War with China Openly
Big spenders among the Air Force brass are keen to buy and build their way to a war against…
4,200-Year-Old Ceramic Storm Drains in Ancient Chinese Town Are the Oldest of Their Kind
Story at a glance… The world’s oldest ceramic drain pipe system has been identified and described in China. The…
Military Hardware from D-Day Litters the French Normandy Coast Road all the Way to Omaha
If you decide this June to take off along the 514 departmental road from the ferry port at Ouistreham,…
US and South Korea Agree to Co-Design Nuclear Weapons Policy 5 Years After Panmunjom Declaration
Story at a glance… The US has announced it will make its South Korean nuclear deterrent more “visible” with…
4 Years After Discovery, the First Viking Ship Burial Found in Over 100 Years Reveals its Lost Secrets
When news broke in 2018 that another Viking-Age ship burial had been found on the shores of the Oslo…
‘Princely’ Tomb of a Hunnic Warrior and his Horse Unearthed in Romania
Workers building a new highway in Romania were forced to call archaeologists when it became clear they were digging…
Le Mans Hosts a Hundred Years of Endurance Motor Racing After a Thousand Years of History.
The 1971 movie Le Mans, featuring Steve McQueen, had no scripted dialogue for the first forty minutes as it…
Damascus Museum Opens New Exhibition of 35,000 Artifacts Recovered After Decade of War
PICTURED: Palmyra in 2010, source of many of the exhibited artifacts. PC: Bernard Gagnon. CC 3.0. SA. DAMASCUS, Syria.…
The New Cycle Route From Paris to Mont-Saint-Michel is Fueling Dreams of Escape
There has been something of an exodus from Paris following the pandemic in France. A migration. Not that the…
Ever Been to Tunisia?
On certain occasions, one simply must visit a country which one has no knowledge of. Scrolling through plane tickets…
Lake Garda is Pure Italy and a Treasure House Destination of the North
Northern Italy is famous for many things, her lakes not least of all. As part-time residence of George Clooney,…
Declaring the Killing of an Unnamed al-Shabaab Leader, the U.S. Briefly Highlights America’s Forgotten War
PICTURED: Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud with Antony Blinken. Story at a glance… An important leader of al-Shabaab was…
U.S. Considering Repeat-Failure Policy of Sanctions-As-Deterrent Against China
PICTURED: PLAAF Shenyang-11 fighter jets over China in 2020. Story at a glance… Anonymous sources told Reuters that the…
Ukraine Preparing to Target Russian Fleet—and Even Crimea With American Missiles
PICTURED: a HIMARS launches its payload on White Sands Missile Resting Range, U.S. in 2005. KYIV, Ukraine. July 19th,…
Dozens of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Paintings and Maps Made Available For Viewing Online
To create his fictional world of Middle-Earth, English author J.R.R. Tolkien used nearly every creative tool at man’s disposal,…
Glory, God, and Horses — Uncovering The Secret Societies of Siena
Many people know what to think of when they hear the word “Pamplona”. But how many people familiar with…
Musings on the Slavosphere
Ukraine is one of those countries that, like so many parts of Europe, once belonged to one people, and…
May 15th is Conscientious Objector Day When Thousands File Taxes Minus the Cost of Military Spending
PICTURED: Demonstrators for amnesty for COs, circ. 1946, unknown source. Photo credit: Swarthmore. “War will exist until that distant…
