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Showing posts with label Germany. Show all posts
Thursday, October 14, 2021

New Release: Her Secret War by Pam Lecky

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  HER SECRET WAR  Pam Lecky Published by: Avon Books UK/Harper Collins Release date: 14 th October 2021     A life-changing moment ...
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Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Bluetooth Treasure: Metal Detector Dings on Silver of the Danish King in Germany

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Ancient Origins Over one thousand years ago, Danish King Harald Bluetooth had to flee his homeland. He would have taken whatever treasu...
Wednesday, October 25, 2017

900-Year-Old German Monastery Forced to Shut Down Because of Monk Shortage

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Ancient Origins Himmerod Abbey, a Cistercian monastery that's existed for almost 900 years in what is now western Germany is closi...
Thursday, August 10, 2017

The Disturbing True Story of the Pied Piper of Hamelin

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Ancient Origins When, lo! as they reached the mountain-side, A wondrous portal opened wide, As if a cavern was suddenly hollowed; ...
Sunday, January 8, 2017

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Anglo-Saxons

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History Extra Edward The Confessor, Anglo-Saxon king of England. From the Bayeux Tapestry, which tells the story of the events leading ...
Saturday, July 9, 2016

4,300-Year-Old Woodhenge in Germany Revealed to the Public for First Time

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Ancient Origins The so-called German Stonehenge near Pommelte, where there was apparent human sacrifice, has been under reconstruction ...
Sunday, June 26, 2016

History Trivia - Pied Piper leads children out of Hamelin

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June 26 1284 the legendary Pied Piper led 130 children out of Hamelin, Germany.  
Friday, May 6, 2016

History Trivia - Spanish and German troops sack Rome

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May 6 1527 Spanish and German troops sacked Rome, ending the Renaissance
Saturday, March 5, 2016

History Trivia - Odocacer executed

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March 5 493 the German barbarian leader Odovacar (Odocacer), who had ended the Western Roman Empire in 476, was executed at age 59 by...
Friday, February 26, 2016

History Trivia - Birth of Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor

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February 26   1361  Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400 was born. Not to be confused with the "Go...
Monday, December 7, 2015

History Trivia - Cicero executed

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December 7  43 BC Roman orator and advocate Cicero was executed on the orders of Mark Antony.  983 German King Otto III took ...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

History Trivia - Asser instructs Alfred the Great

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November 11 887 Asser began Instructing King Alfred. The Welsh monk who taught and counseled the King, became his friend and biograph...
Thursday, October 29, 2015

History Trivia - Sir Walter Raleigh executed for treason

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October 29 1268 Conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the Hohenstaufen dynasty of Kings of Germany and Holy Roman Emperors, ...
Saturday, October 10, 2015

History Trivia - Prince Edward (Black Prince) marries Joan Plantagenet

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October 10 1361 Prince Edward (Black Prince) married Joan Plantagenet. The "Fair Maid of Kent" was not considered the ideal...
Monday, September 21, 2015

1,900-Year-Old Roman Village unearthed in Germany

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Ancient Origins The ancient Romans had an insatiable desire to conquer territory and they ranged far outside Italy to do so. An excavati...
Friday, September 18, 2015

Double Medieval child burial, one Pagan, one Christian, mystifies German researchers

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Ancient Origins Archaeologists say the circumstances of the death and double burial of two little children who died in Medieval Frankfur...
Saturday, August 8, 2015

History Trivia - The Tower of Antonia destroyed by Roman army

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August 8  70 The Tower of Antonia, military barracks built by Herod the Great in Jerusalem, and named after Herod's patron Mark An...