We'll settle here, so the Soviet advisers don't get tired from a long journey when they come to us."
Author: Jan Vyčítal.
Commemorating the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia on 21 August 1968.
We'll settle here, so the Soviet advisers don't get tired from a long journey when they come to us."
Author: Jan Vyčítal.
Commemorating the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia on 21 August 1968.
'The Abduction of Ganymede' by Gustave Moreau (1886)
You might want to read up on it (or your children):
Living in Ancient Rome by Norman Bancroft Hunt, 2008
Living in Ancient Rome covers the period from 753 BCE to 476 CE, focusing on a time set during the reign of Emperor Hadrian. It examines the day-to-day lives of ancient Romans, from the senatorial order to the plebeians and slaves.
#books
#nonfiction
#childrens
#history
#AncientRome
#DailyLife
Wednesday 21 August 1963
Detectives hunting the £2,600,000 train robbers are now looking for an attractive woman, aged between 30 and 40, who played a big part in the planning of the raid. She is a natural brunette, but often wears a blonde wig. The woman is known to detectives, and Scotland Yard hope to locate her in the next 48 hours.
QSL card for VK2IA, New South Wales, Australia
Cream-coloured QSL card featuring the N.S.W. emblem and "NEW SOUTH WALES AUSTRALIA / VK2IA" printed in maroon.
Hand written details read 'DX.RA.921 / …
Paper
New South Wales, Australia
https://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/s/hw/EMU.EMUIRN/30815
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The SS policeman who hunted his criminal comrades from within the Nazi system itself.
A biography recounts the extraordinary career of Konrad Morgen, who brought 200 SS members to trial, including concentration camp commandants, and even dared to investigate Adolf Eichmann.
A Greek terracotta rhyton
When only the best drinkware will suit you, then look no further than this delightfully phallic rhyton, sure to make tongues wag!
Comedians Dave Anthony and Gareth Reynolds examine Jan Pieterszoon Coen of the Dutch East India Company. (VOC) Recorded live in Amsterdam.
#history #Dutch #colonialism #Indonesia
https://omny.fm/shows/the-dollop-with-dave-anthony-and-gareth-reynolds/404-jan-pieterszoon-coen-live
When Indonesians Fought Dutch Colonization – And Won
The first iron-hulled, screw-driven ocean-going steamer was uniquely successful on the Britain-Australia route as a steam-assisted sailing ship rather than a sail-assisted steamship, according to economic historian Tim Hatton in his 2025 Butlin lecture that draws from both economic & business history!
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.70009
@economics @demography @socialscience @sociology @politicalscience @geography @econhist @devecon @archaeodons @sts @SocArXivBot #history #histodons #Australia #NZ #Auspol
Breaking Barriers and Soaring Into History: Pittsburgh’s ‘Three Helens’ During the Golden Age of Aviation
They fought for their places in the sky and advanced aviation for generations of women
Sue Morris and Brian Butko,
Aviation at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=aviation
Last weekend, I visited Waltham Abbey. The church there is a lovely building, much of which is in the early Norman style. It was built in around 1090, and I was particularly taken with the decorated columns and arches in the nave, which reminded me of Durham Cathedral. One of the guardians I met told me that many of the masons who had worked here went on to work in Durham - so I guess this may have acted as some kind of 'practice piece'.
A Medieval Peace Movement: The Bianchi of 1399
By Peter Konieczny
Sick and tired of war and violence, many people throughout Italy left their homes and cities to march for peace in the year 1399.
https://www.medievalists.net/2023/08/bianchi-medieval-peace-movement/
Leonardo Bruni at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/43839
New blog alert!
Rto mark World Photography Day, it focuses on the photographic collection of Edward Chambré and Margaret Hardman, held by the The National Trust.
https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/shining-a-light-on-the-photographic-collection-of-edward-chambre-and-margaret-hardman/
#Chambre #Hardman #TheNationalTrust #MsrgaretMills #photograph #photographs #photography #archives #history #histodons @histodons @archivistodon
I've been swinging these around for a couple of weeks now. They're fun! Commonly called Indian or light clubs, they've slowly been growing in popularity again lately. Inspired by Indian #PhysicalCulture, they were adopted into military training in India, Britain, Australia, Canada, and the US until after WWI, were the first fitness trend (for both men & women), and included in the Olympics (1904, 1932). They even became weapons used by the suffragette bodyguard. https://suffrajitsu.com/indian-clubs/ #History
Crosbie Morrison Annual Lecture Plaque to Professor D J Mulvaney
Metal plaque mounted on a rectangular piece of wood. The metal plaque is round and features a man's head in relief and the text "PHILIP CROSBIE MORRIS…
Cuprous metal - non specific, Wood
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
https://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/s/hw/EMU.EMUIRN/59149
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FFS did the orange amoeba actually say that the Smithsonian focuses too much on "how bad slavery was"?
It is unconscionable that any human on our entire planet could think such a thing.
Everyday in every way I am thoroughly disgusted to my core by his abhorent, monsterous behaviour.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/us/politics/trump-smithsonian-slavery.html
Did you know that the most incapable #Roman emperor was an ancient-day Marie Antoinette?
Emperor Honorius' imperial career was marked by constant, unwise moves, enraging everyone.
In 410 AD, #Rome fell to Alaric of the Visigoths. The city had not been under foreign rule for 800 years.
When informed of the sacking, Honorius initially thought it was about one of his favourite chickens, named Roma. After confirming that it was the city, not the bird, that fell, he sighed in relief.*
Photograph of young man dressed as king
A postcard featuring a black and white photograph of a young man dressed as a king. He is wearing a crown and a heavily embroidered jacket, and has a …
Ink, Paper
https://collectionsearch.nma.gov.au/s/hw/EMU.EMUIRN/142850
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New Podcast! "21 August 1971: Angry Brigade raid" on @Spreaker #hackney #history #london
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/21-august-1971-angry-brigade-raid--67211029