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This Souvenir Bowl May Have Commemorated an Ancient Roman Soldier's Service at Hadrian's Wall. It Was Discovered on a Spanish Farm 1,900 Years Later
Smithsonian Magazine
This Souvenir Bowl May Have Commemorated an Ancient Roman Soldier's Service at Hadrian's Wall. It Was Discovered on a Spanish Farm 1,900 Years Later
Smithsonian Magazine
Trade and the End of Antiquity
Marginal Revolution
Little Lady Liberty in Niagara Falls, New York
Atlas Obscura
Piute Creek & Fort Piute in California
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A diary of America's wars with photographer Peter van Agtmael
France 24
Arbor Lodge State Historical Park and Arboretum in Nebraska City, Nebraska
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Fur Trade Museum & Bordeaux Trading Post Site in Chadron, Nebraska
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Scotts Bluff National Monument Overlook in Gering, Nebraska
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See the Largest Viking Age Hoard Ever Found in Norway. At Nearly 3,000 Coins and Counting, the Cache Is a Once-in-a-Lifetime Find
Smithsonian Magazine
See the Largest Viking Age Hoard Ever Found in Norway. At Nearly 3,000 Coins and Counting, the Cache Is a Once-in-a-Lifetime Find
Smithsonian Magazine
Books on history
History and Evolution
Matthew H. Nitecki, Doris V. Nitecki
History of Camden and Rockport, Maine
Reuel Robinson
Kentucky in the Nation's History
Robert McNutt McElroy
Overmyer History and Genealogy, from 1680 to 1905
Barnhart B. Overmyer
London, a Social History
Roy Porter
A Concise History of Greece
Richard Clogg
Recent podcast episodes
Tall Stories 507: Maracaibo’s Iglesia Cristo de Aranza
The Urbanist
John Graunt
Stuff You Missed in History Class
Bonus: “Messy Tales,” an Excerpt from the Prof’s book, Been There, Done That
History That Doesn't Suck
Surviving the Mad Propagandist of Nazi Berlin (Part 1)
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