Prostitution is famously known as the oldest profession in the world. Coming in at a close second, however, must surely be torture and execution. Archaeologists have found evidence for execution in the Neolithic period amongst nomadic peoples, predating civilization. Although it is hard to determine whether these old bones tell…

Learn how to get in touch with the King archetype to become the man you want to be.

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The individual components of complex-hilts sideswords and early rapiers. (via salvatorfabris)

Creative Writing Worksheet – History (PDF) I have another worldbuilding worksheet for you! This one has two pages; the first will prompt you to detail all of the major turning points in your world’s history, and the second will question you closely about how your peoples record, study and interpret history. The nice thing about history is…

An excellent resource for middle and high school history courses studying the M.A.I.N. causes of WWI. I have also enlarged this reference sheet to poster size and posted them around the classroom. Related WWI Products: M.A.I.N. Causes of WWI - Printable Booklet WWI ChoiceBoard Assignment + Rubric WWI Weapons of Mass Destruction - Ranking Activity WWI vs. Gangs Activity

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An illustration of the typical clothing worn by Anglo-Saxons in medieval England, c. 500 - c. 1000 CE. ('Costumes of all Nations', 1882 CE)

Help out historians by volunteering to transcribe old documents online. Here are some fun projects to work on.

The description of Babylon and Babylonian customs in Histories by the Greek historian Herodotus (l. c. 484-425/413 BCE) has long been challenged for accuracy and been found wanting, leading some scholars...

Here's my complete guide to visiting Florence's beloved Uffizi Gallery. The Uffizi is one of the world's best museums, with a collection of outstanding Renaissance art. I identify and describe the Uffizi's must see masterpieces. I also must know tips for having an efficient visit to the often crowded Uffizi.

As hundreds of suffragettes were held in prison in the early 20th century after being arrested for wanting to vote, many went on hunger strike. Fearing these women would become martyrs, prison guards started force-feeding them to keep them alive – strapping them down and jamming tubes painfully up their noses to do it, causing them long term physical damage. Eventually, authorities passed the "Cat and Mouse Act" in 1913 a law that allowed them to set hunger-striking suffragettes free and arrest them the second they had eaten a morsel of food - leading to more being held in prison.

Women on the internet have presented their own canon: not of women who were destroyed, but of those who fought back and sought their revenge.

In the 19th century the Zulus were the most aggressive and disciplined fighting force in southern Africa, a proud people who stood up to both the British and the Boers and fought them valiantly.

Photographer We've only mentioned society portraitist Cecil Beaton in passing so far . Cecil was born in 1904 and after a patchy educa...

Muscle memory really has more to do with brain pathways than it does muscle fibers. Here’s why muscle memory is such a powerful force.

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Images of War: Allied POWs in German Hands 1914-1918, Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives by David Bilton uses images taken by the German authorities in the First World War.

[Atenum, Helsinki - Oil on canvas, 75.5 x 96.5 cm]

The small printed sheet was used to promote Pasqua Rosee's wares at what is believed to be the capital's first coffee shop, in St Michael's Alley, Cornhill.

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Anyone know who these two are? Photograph of a painting in the Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, Anvers / Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.