#historynerd — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #historynerd, aggregated by home.social.
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A Staggering Excavation Has Rewritten The Fall of The Roman Empire
Interamna Lirenas has turned out to be far more than a “backwater town” of the Roman Empire. According to a published study in Roman Urbanism in Italy, this central Italian town thrived well beyond previous belief, using its impressive urban features and forward-thinking design to stave off the effects of the empire’s collapse well into the 3rd century AD. “We started with a site so unpromising that no one had ever tried to excavate it,” Alessandro Launaro, the study’s author […] -
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.
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Added "The House on Garibaldi Street" to my essential reading list. If you care about history, justice, or incredible true stories, this book delivers all three.
#books #Bookworm #HistoryNerd #BookReview
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Books can reshape what you know. This one changed how I read the past.
#Books #BookLovers #NonFictionReview #HistoryNerd
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Going to Venice this summer?
Interested in history?
Book a tour with me, and I'll talk you ears off.
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A gripping story of risk, loyalty, and the cost of dissent. Take a closer look in our review.
#BookDiscussion #HistoryNerd #ReadingTime #Nonfiction #Books
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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
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Did Israel plan the settlements from the start? Gorenberg says no. He shows how small decisions and big dreams shaped the land.
#HistoryNerd #BooksToRead #books
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If you love history that challenges old ideas, this book belongs on your list.
#MustRead #BookLovers #HistoryNerd #books
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If you love history that challenges old ideas, this book belongs on your list.
#MustRead #BookLovers #HistoryNerd #books
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My longest book was Watergate: A New History. 832 pages. Worth every page.
#Watergate #HistoryNerd #BookReview
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🎬Fans of GOT, The Last Duel ou The King ??
Take part in my survey on the representation of the Middle Ages on screen !
📌 https://sphinxdeclic.com/tiny/a/4o52qhwh
#Medieval #MoyenAge #MiddleAges #Cinema #Film #MedievalCinema #HistoricalMovies #MedievalFilms #GameOfThrones #HouseOfTheDragon #TheLastDuel #TheKing #Chevaliers #Knights #Guerriers #Warriors #Reines #Queens #WomenInHistory #FemmesDePouvoir #MedievalWarfare #HistoryNerd #CostumeHistorique #HistoricalCostume #MedievalFantasy #Fantasy #SeriesTV #TVSeries -
🚲💡 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
🔗 https://athenaeum.pastperfectonline.com/Library/ACD8AA13-B524-4CD1-80F5-812372547624#NationalBicycleDay #MaritimeInnovation #PortsmouthNH #AlbacorePark #HistoryNerd #Museums #USSAlbacore #BicycleHistory
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📢🎧 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: https://t.uzh.ch/1Nv
Or on Spotify: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/aincient-studies-lab/episodes/12---The-Heuneburg-e2t9qg7Our 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
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Have you ever wished you could see history unfold? 👀🏛️✨ Our new project uses AI to transform historical texts into vivid visual representations, making "lost" stories accessible to all.
Imagine exploring ancient cities, witnessing key events, or even stepping into the shoes of historical figures! While far from perfect, "Re-Experiencing History" aims to create a historically plausible visualisation of past events with the latest AI tools.
Our canvas allows students, researchers, and the general public to use specifically fine-tuned multimodal language models to generate and edit images to re-live past moments.
Learn more at www.reexperiencinghistory.hist.uzh.ch (launching soon, for more information, see https://t.uzh.ch/1Mq) #HistoryNerd #VisualLearning #MuseumsOfTheFuture #History #DigitalHumanities #Education #Museums #AncientHistory
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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
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World War History Geeks -- I bought this fairly heavy metal and tissue paper Christmas ornament at a charity shop in the Netherlands. Am I correct in thinking it's trench art? And if it is, what was it made from? #historynerd
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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
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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
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I'm just a gigantic history nerd 🤓📚🏛️ #HistoryNerd #NerdLife #LoveHistory 🤷
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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
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Something I love about living in Chicago is the sheer amount of history at every turn. Two of the worst disasters in US history are within a ten min walk of each other
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Have I just bought myself a weird ass medieval cat pendant to cheer myself up? Yes I have! 😅 #historynerd #medeival
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Remember that since July 4th, 1776, American settlers have stοlen over 1.5 billion acres of Indigenous land and rеduсed the Indigenous population to 250,000 people by 1900. This is US Manifest Destiny.
#independenceday #4thofjuly #indigenous #indigenoushistory #historynerd #decolonize
