Before we get to the "beware" part, let's start with the basics.
The Ideas of March, or Idus Martiae in Latin, is the day in the Roman calendar that corresponds with March 15.
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Before we get to the "beware" part, let's start with the basics.
The Ideas of March, or Idus Martiae in Latin, is the day in the Roman calendar that corresponds with March 15.
Read Moreby Lindsay Shapka in Discovey, History
I recently started watching the eight-part mini-series Hunting Hitler on the History Channel and I am totally hooked.
The show's premise?
Answering the question: Did Hitler survive WWII?
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We've all heard of Pearl Harbor.
Usually in the context of WWII history and the bombing that took place there ushering the US into the war and (depending on what textbook you read), giving the Allies the leg up they needed to defeat the Nazis.
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An iconic piece of London's history for more than 150 years (and a major tourist attraction), the Elizabeth Tower, known to many as Big Ben ('Big Ben' is actually the name of the bell, not the tower itself), may soon fall silent.
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The Memory of The World sounds like something out of a movie (when I first heard the term, I pictured never-ending rows of mahogany bookshelves stretching for miles under elaborately painted ceilings) but it is actually very real and absolutely fascinating.
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This ancient clay tablet is inscribed in cuneiform with a map of the countryside around the important Mesopotamian city of Nippur, now part of southeastern Iraq, south of Baghdad. Written in cuneiform, it is dated to some point in the 14th-13th century BC, making it one of the oldest known maps in the world!
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