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[ad_1] Pnyx Plateau in Athens with the Acropolis in the background. Photo February 2021. WikiCommons / George E. Coronaios. Why are you a historian of ancient Greece? I knew by age eight that I loved Homer and wanted to be a historian. What is the most important lesson history has taught you? That it is … Read more
[ad_1] ‘Una huelga de obreros en Vizcaya (Workers’ strike in Biscay)’, Vicente Cutanda, 1892. Museo del Prado/WikiCommons. ‘In Aristophanes’ LysistrataGreek women unite in sex-strike Lynette Mitchell, Professor in Greek History and Politics at the University of Exeter ‘Strike action’ – the withdrawal of labor as a form of protest – was known in the ancient … Read more
Premiere of a Christmas Classic He got the idea while shaving. But it would take five years for Civil War historian Philip Van Doren Stern to finish his greatest gift, his sweet, understated story about a man contemplating suicide who gets to see what the world in his small town would have been like if … Read more
Roses are Red An extraordinary event occurred on 28 February 1461 at St John’s Field in London – assuming the writings of an anonymous historian are to be believed in the late 15th century. An assembled crowd stood and listened to a list of crimes and misdemeanors that King Henry VI had committed against the … Read more
[ad_1] Vantapiri by Malcolm Maloney Jagamara, 1994 © Malcolm Maloney Jagamara. Photo: Heini Schneibeli / Bridgman Images. For Aboriginal Australians, Jukurrpa It is fundamental to how the world came into being. The term originated in the Warlpiri language, spoken in the vast desert landscape of the Northern Territory, but is now commonly used in many … Read more
दोहा कबीर दास के दोहे Doha kabir das ke dohe:- संत कबीर दास के दोहे आज भी पथ प्रदर्शक के रूप में प्रासंगिक है। यहां पाठकों के लिए प्रस्तुत हैं कबीर के दोहे सर्वाधिक प्रसिद्ध व लोकप्रिय दोहे- – कबीर दास माटी कहे कुम्हार से, तू क्या रौंदे मोय। एक दिन ऐसा आएगा, मैं रौंदूगी तोय॥ माला … Read more
We’ve put together an annual selection of some of our favorite articles from the past twelve months, which have read Rosetta Stone, shamed detractors, and subjected criminals to vigilante justice. Read for free for a limited time, and don’t miss out in 2023: Subscribe now, California Miners, c.1852. Courtesy of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, … Read more
[ad_1] Pietro Miliani’s paper mill in Fabriano, Italy, mid-15th century. Illustration picture from History/Bridgman Images. In 1668, Edmund Waller wrote the following poetic lines about the paper: Fair hand that can write on virgin paper,Still keeping it white with ink stains,whose journey the silver field showsLike the track of leverets in the morning snow. Waller’s … Read more
Jai Hanuman Gyan Gun Sagar in Hindi दोहा : श्रीगुरु चरन सरोज रज, निज मनु मुकुरु सुधारि। बरनऊं रघुबर बिमल जसु, जो दायकु फल चारि।। बुद्धिहीन तनु जानिके, सुमिरौं पवन-कुमार। बल बुद्धि बिद्या देहु मोहिं, हरहु कलेस बिकार।। चौपाई : जय हनुमान ज्ञान गुन सागर। जय कपीस तिहुं लोक उजागर।। रामदूत अतुलित बल धामा। अंजनि-पुत्र … Read more
[ad_1] Illustration to ‘Christmas Entertainment’ from A Book of Roxburgh Ballads, 1847. Bridgman Images. In Tudor England, the festive season was a tale of contrasts. It began with a period of spiritual preparation for the coming of Christ. Its name, Advent, comes from the Latin, advenir, come towards It was the season of fasting, which … Read more
