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180-foot early medieval carving of naked bald man with club is probably Hercules, new study suggests
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAn aerial view of the Cerne Abbas Giant, on August 22, 2023 in Cerne Abbas, England. The Cerne Abbas...
Michael Alexander, poet and broadcaster whose Anglo-Saxon translations were used in Kenneth Clark’s...
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMichael Alexander, who has died aged 82, was a translator, poet, academic and broadcaster whose...
Archaeological dig to celebrate England's first king
BBC via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Big Dig team is marking 1,100 years since Athelstan became England's first king [The Athelstan 1100 Big Dig Project] A project that aims to find...
How Virginia Used Segregation Law to Erase Native Americans
Time via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA 1942 photo of a class in front of the Indian View Church built in 1925, on Upper Mattaponi tribal...
I was at Joe Kinnear’s infamous Newcastle press conference – he will be sorely missed
The Telegraph via Yahoo Sports· 2 months agoJoe Kinnear's time at Newcastle will live long in the memory - Getty Images/Clive Rose Joe Kinnear...
Ever Wonder why Newcastle fans are called Geordies?
NBC Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoOur ‘Ever Wonder’ series will run throughout the 2022-23 Premier League season and focuses on key stories behind the history, tradition and culture of...
Shedding light on the little-known history of New Goree, Bristol's free Black neighborhood
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBRISTOL – As she crosses the Town Common and makes her way up Wood Street, Lynn Smith points out one...
Fact Check: Hollywood Tale Claims Charlie Chaplin Once Lost His Own Look-Alike Contest. Here's the...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 1 month agoGetty Images Claim: Silent-era film actor Charlie Chaplin once lost a Charlie Chaplin look-alike...
Russia calls G7 summit incubator for anti-Russian and anti-Chinese 'hysteria'
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRussia's Foreign Ministry on Sunday dismissed the G7 summit in Japan's Hiroshima as a "politicised"...
13 Fascinating — And Sometimes Dark — Facts About Christmas That You Probably Didn't Know
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 6 months ago1.Christmas ornaments as we know them are believed to stem from the Pagan tradition of "witch balls"...