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  1. Looking at armor behind glass is fine, but feeling the ground shake during a #jousting tournament in a small village is way better. These local #medieval events pull you right into the past with roasting meats and heavy wool cloaks. I mapped out a few lesser-known #historical gatherings across the continent.

    #travel #historynerd #culturalheritage

    europa.tips/en/hidden-medieval

  2. Ben Macintyre gives a clear look at Harlan’s fight for rank, identity, and place. His journey across Central Asia is gripping.
    #MustRead #BookDiscussion #HistoryNerd #Books
    thisgrandpablogs.com/the-man-w

  3. Ben Macintyre gives a clear look at Harlan’s fight for rank, identity, and place. His journey across Central Asia is gripping.
    #MustRead #BookDiscussion #HistoryNerd #Books
    thisgrandpablogs.com/the-man-w

  4. Ben Macintyre gives a clear look at Harlan’s fight for rank, identity, and place. His journey across Central Asia is gripping.
    #MustRead #BookDiscussion #HistoryNerd #Books
    thisgrandpablogs.com/the-man-w

  5. Ben Macintyre gives a clear look at Harlan’s fight for rank, identity, and place. His journey across Central Asia is gripping.
    #MustRead #BookDiscussion #HistoryNerd #Books
    thisgrandpablogs.com/the-man-w

  6. Ben Macintyre gives a clear look at Harlan’s fight for rank, identity, and place. His journey across Central Asia is gripping.
    #MustRead #BookDiscussion #HistoryNerd #Books
    thisgrandpablogs.com/the-man-w

  7. 🚲💡 National Bicycle Day meets Maritime History? You bet!

    This 19th-century "marine bicycle" patent by Portsmouth resident S.E. Bowden proves our city’s creativity doesn’t stop at the shoreline. 🌊🚴‍♂️

    Who else wants to ride this across the Piscataqua? I'll race you!

    📚 Source: Portsmouth Athenaeum Digital Archive
    🔗 athenaeum.pastperfectonline.co

    #NationalBicycleDay #MaritimeInnovation #PortsmouthNH #AlbacorePark #HistoryNerd #Museums #USSAlbacore #BicycleHistory

  8. 📢🎧 New Podcast Episode Alert! 🎧📢

    Journey back to the Iron Age! 🤯 Discover the secrets of the Heuneburg 🏰, Germany's "oldest city north of the Alps"! ⛰️🇩🇪

    Tune in to explore the rise and fall of this fascinating urban center! 🎧➡️
    Here: t.uzh.ch/1Nv
    Or on Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/

    Our AI hosts talk about:

    - Rich burials with gold & wagons! ✨💀⚰️
    - A HUGE 100-hectare settlement! 🏘️🏘️🏘️
    - Mediterranean-inspired mudbrick walls! 🧱🤔
    - Craft production & trade from far away lands 🏺➡️🇪🇺
    - Fortifications, fires & mystery! 🔥🛡️❓
    - A powerful elite ruling the land 💪👑

    This episode challenges EVERYTHING you thought you knew about Iron Age Europe! 🤯

    #Heuneburg #IronAge #Archaeology #History #Germany #AncientCity #Podcast #NewEpisode #MustListen #HistoryPodcast #AncientHistory #Europe #Urbanism #ArchaeologyLovers #HistoryBuff #HistoryNerd #PodcastRecommendation #AncientWorld #DigitalHumanities #AI

  9. Yellowmead stone circle near Sheepstor in Devon, England is a concentric Bronze Age stone circle consisting of four stone rings set into each other. The largest is 20 meters wide and the smallest 6 meters. It is located on Yellowmead Down.

    The circles once surrounded a burial mound, although this is now barely visible. To the south-west some possible rows of stones branch off, crossed by a post-medieval leat that once served a nearby tin works.

    The site was excavated and restored by Rev. H Breton in 1921. In 2008, geophysical surveys and a small excavation were carried out to determine if the 1921 restoration had been done accurately (it was) and to find out if they were buried additional elements in the peat. Fallen stones were found in line with some of the stone rows, suggesting that further features may lie downstream below the slope.

    #archeology #archeologist #civilizations
    #archeologicalsite #castle #ancient
    #history #historyfacts #historynerd #historybuff

  10. 5000 years ago, the Neolithic people of Dartmoor cut this 27 feet high standing stone from granite where The Oxenham Arms is now located.

    The pub was built around it when it was a monastery around 800 years ago, the stone goes down into the cellar & up into the room above.

    #archeology #archeologist
    #archeologicalsite #castle
    #history #historyfacts #historynerd #historybuff #standingstone #StandingStoneSunday

  11. Samuel Willard, a Boston Puritan who opposed the Salem Witch Trials, speaks to Christian nationalism: to honor those who’ve gone before, imitate their meekness and respect of the poor.

    Today, some say their bad rep is their suffering for Christ’s sake, and blame the devil for their inability to convert the world.

    How can you practice these virtues?

    #christian #kingdomhearts #motivationquote #ekklesia #historynerd

  12. 99 years ago today, the Great Gatsby was published. Fun Fact: The Valley of Ashes referred to the trash-burning operation located in what is now Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens. #NamingGotham #NYC #History #BooksWorthReading #historynerd #histodon #queens #newyork @history

  13. Preamble:
    Gen X #occultist with roots in #thelema and #wicca #oto initiate and #egc ordained #priestess
    Writes #poetry and has no less than five #novels going in her Scrivener.
    Politically #radical #anarchosyndicalist and #feminist also #queer and #poly
    Works with #agile #coaching #transformation and #servantleadership
    In what ever spare time she has, she enjoys #cats #scifi #ttrpg #lrp and is a bonafide #historynerd

    You still here? Welcome to the party that is me!