China is still harassing dissidents who fled in the 1990s (www.bbc.com) Three decades ago, Chinese dissidents were being smuggled out of the country in a secret operation called Yellow Bird - but as one of them tells the BBC, Beijing is still pursuing them....
Noice
Pages of a Mayan codex, ~12th century AD
Edward the Bruce fighting the English at the Battle of Faughart
Quite the difference (lemmy.world)
Coin of the Chola Dynasty, South India, 11th century AD
Imperial Roman checkpoint on the German frontier
Tomb of Lukuyanus, Turkiye
They had a little oops from 1933-1945
Roman bucket with a spout, found in a shipwreck on the Rhine, ~200 AD
Me stealin' meems:
The USS Independence and the training ship Amerigo Vespucci of the Italian Navy, 1962
It's not racism if they're Carthaginian
Car-camping, ~2703 AUC
Pyramid in Kazakhstan, ~1400 BCE
It's ALWAYS morally correct
Skull and mail coif, Visby, Sweden, 1361 AD
Rome calls to all ages!
China is still harassing dissidents who fled in the 1990s (www.bbc.com)
Three decades ago, Chinese dissidents were being smuggled out of the country in a secret operation called Yellow Bird - but as one of them tells the BBC, Beijing is still pursuing them....
Look how adorable she is! [executes for cowardice]