Han Dynasty (mander.xyz)
How a baker survived the Titanic by getting spectacularly drunk (nationalpost.com)
20 Years Later, the Y2K Bug Seems Like a Joke—Because Those Behind the Scenes Took It Seriously (time.com)
The World’s Oldest Cat Door Has Been Letting Working Cats Enter the Cathedral Since the 14th Century (mymodernmet.com)
History’s crisis detectives: how we’re using maths and data to reveal why societies collapse – and clues about the future (theconversation.com)
An Untold Story of LSD Psychotherapy in Communist Czechoslovakia (thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)
Modern Medicine Traces Its Scientific Roots to the Middle Ages (www.smithsonianmag.com)
The English Plan to Colonise Russia | When England’s search for a Northwest Passage via sea failed, an audacious plan to forge a land route was hatched by the Muscovy Company. (www.historytoday.com)
The Lost Script of Rapa Nui | History Today (www.historytoday.com)
The Medieval Superstar: A tale of singing, sexuality and slavery - Medievalists.net (www.medievalists.net)
Going Rogue: Rogue: The 1980 Game that Revolutionized the Industry and Spawned the 'Roguelike' Genre (www.filfre.net)
History of dogs in space (stacker.com)
Industrial Revolution iron method ‘was taken from Jamaica by Briton’ (www.theguardian.com)
This is unsurprising, because African iron working is a good thousand years older than what we call ‘the iron age.’ That African expertise in iron working was what helped kick off the Industrial Revolution is just another tragedy of slavery.
A short history of the Met Gala and its iconic looks (www.nationalgeographic.com)
Deciphered Herculaneum papyrus reveals precise burial place of Plato (arstechnica.com)
Western research reveals photos previously 'lost forever' - Western News (news.westernu.ca)
A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Radioactive Oatmeal Go Down (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Histomap: Visualizing the 4,000 Year History of Global Power (www.visualcapitalist.com)
The Entire History of Ancient Japan (www.youtube.com)
History-Makers: Iceland's #1 Menace, Snorri Sturluson (www.youtube.com)
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