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Archaeologists Decipher Name of 'Ancient Astronaut' Maya Tomb

Via: ravenwing • History & Sociology • 13 Comments • 10 years ago

by Reuters MEXICO CITY Researchers in Mexico say they have decoded the hieroglyphic name on the Palenque tomb of ancient Maya King Pakal, revealing it to read "The House of the Nine Sharpened...

Sex and Gladiator Fights Discovered in 1,500-Year-Old Graffiti

Via: ravenwing • History & Sociology • 20 Comments • 10 years ago

Hundreds of graffiti messages engraved into stone in the ancient city of Aphrodisias, in modern-day Turkey, have been discovered and deciphered, revealing what life was like there over 1,500 years...

20 Stunning Views Along the Great Inka (Inca) Road

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 39 Comments • 10 years ago

Photo by Doug McMains, 2014. The Rumi Colca gateway, Cusco, Peru. Photo by Doug McMains, 2014. 20 Stunning Views Along the Great Inka Road...

Machu Picchu (old peak) The Lost Sacred City (photo essay)

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 25 Comments • 10 years ago

Photo Essay: Machu Picchu By Norbert 40 Comments On the 24 th of July 2011, we celebrated the 100 th anniversary of the rediscovery of Machu Picchu by the American archeologist...

Remembering John Adams' Words by Perrie Halpern

Via: perrie-halpern • History & Sociology • 31 Comments • 10 years ago

On the 2nd of July 1776, John Adams faced a terrible dilemma. With John Hancock decision that all 13 colonies must vote for "Yea" for independence, Adams would either have to remove the heavily...

Top Ten Largest US Cities by Decade, 1790-2010

Via: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 2 Comments • 10 years ago

From Maps on the Web

Pro-Independence Propaganda from the American Revolution

Via: robert-in-ohio • History & Sociology • 15 Comments • 10 years ago

During the Revolutionary War, Benjamin Franklin and Paul Revere were among the people who created stunning pieces of art that inspired the fight for America's independence. These intricate pieces...

The Four Chaplins' Medal - Courage of the Men of Peace

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 19 Comments • 10 years ago

Chaplain Corps History: The Four Chaplains January 28, 2014 By John Brinsfield Chaplain Corps History: The Four Chaplains When the U.S. Army Transport Dorchester was...

70 Historical Photos You Should See -- VIDEO

Via: dowser • History & Sociology • 6 Comments • 10 years ago

I found this on CNN, and thought it was VERY good! For some of these, I remember the events, but not the pictures themselves. Others, I couldn't possibly remember the events! But all of them were,...

World War II History, Captured in a Private’s Letters to His Wife

Via: nona62 • History & Sociology • 5 Comments • 10 years ago

World War II History, Captured in a Privates Letters to His Wife Victor J. Blue for The New York Times After her husband's death, Sandy Schulman, 92, had his war...

Water Cooler discussions...

Via: one-miscreant • History & Sociology • 19 Comments • 10 years ago

Who are the players in this scene? i.e. Republicans, Democrats, Conservatives, Liberals or of your description. "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Stanley Kubrick & Arthur C. Clarke

Hiroshima And Nagasaki: Still Justified 70 Years Later

Via: xxjefferson51 • History & Sociology • 6 Comments • 10 years ago

A mushroom cloud rises above Nagasaki, Japan, on August 9, 1945. Newscom View Enlarged ImageAug. 6 marks one of America's most important anniversaries, remarkable for what happened on that date in...

Maria Tallchief, America's First Prima Ballerina - American Indians in Ballet

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 21 Comments • 10 years ago

Maria Tallchief was American's first Prima Ballerina. Tallchief the daughter of an Osage Chief conquered the ballet world with her beauty and grace. She and her sister Majorie Tallchief founded...

Mascots - Indians

Via: 1stwarrior • History & Sociology • 22 Comments • 10 years ago

"A white man and an elderly Native man became pretty good friends, so the white guy decided to ask him: What do you think about Indian mascots? The Native elder responded, Heres what youve got to...

Famous Dave's, The BBQ King from the Ojibwe Nation.

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 62 Comments • 10 years ago

In 1995, Dave Anderson opened his first barbecue roadhouse shack in the Linden Hills neighborhood of Minneapolis. Now there about 200 Famous Dave's restaurants across the U.S. and...

Mary G. Ross, Pioneering American Indian Engineer - Lockheed Missiles and Space

Via: kavika • History & Sociology • 11 Comments • 10 years ago

Mary G. Ross August 9, 1908 - April 29, 2008 By Mary Ouimette-Kinney Mary G. Ross, the first Native American female engineer, graduated from Northeastern State College (now Northeastern...

Wes Studi, Renaissance Man

Via: ambivalent • History & Sociology • 10 Comments • 10 years ago

In Dances with Wolves, as a Pawnee From small-town Oklahoma native to internationally acclaimed actor and musician, Wes Studi credits his passion and multi-faceted background for his powerful...

HUGE Win for Conservatives That Nobody Knows About

Via: xxjefferson51 • History & Sociology • 77 Comments • 10 years ago

While conservatives agonize over the dismantling of America by an out of control President and activist Supreme Court, there is something BIG to celebrate this summer.According to The Wall Street...

Renaming Mount McKinley Obama's Insult To Competence

Via: xxjefferson51 • History & Sociology • 25 Comments • 10 years ago

McKinley: All competenceMcKinley: All competence View Enlarged ImagePolitics: President Obama says he's changing the name of Alaska's Mt. McKinley to Denali. Given President McKinley's record on...

Obama is right: 'Islam has always been part of America'

Via: xxjefferson51 • History & Sociology • 29 Comments • 10 years ago

As Congress is on the verge of giving President Obama his Iran Deal, including a payoff of $150 billion dollars to Irans terror regime, they might do well to contrast our founding fathers with the...

That Was Easy For You to Say....

Via: perrie-halpern • History & Sociology • 31 Comments • 10 years ago

Several years ago, my family took a trip to to Scotland. For those of you who have never heard a true deep Scottish accent, you would swear they were not speaking English, but they are. You...

Key Concepts of Libertarianism

Via: dean-moriarty • History & Sociology • 9 Comments • 10 years ago

Link - Link Key Concepts of Libertarianism The key concepts of libertarianism have developed over many centuries. The first inklings of them can be found in ancient China, Greece, and Israel;...

Rise and fall of the 7th-13th century Srivijaya empire

Via: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 1 Comments • 10 years ago

Rise and fall of the 7th-13th century Srivijaya empire --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I catch an RSS feed called " Maps on the Web ", that has...

The typical male U.S. worker earned less in 2014 than in 1973

Via: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 42 Comments • 10 years ago

The typical man with a full-time job the one at the statistical middle of the middle earned $50,383 last year, the Census Bureau reported this week. The typical man with a full-time job in...

What Do You Think the Chances Are that Jeffrey M. Lacker Is Right in 2015?

Via: bob-nelson • History & Sociology • 6 Comments • 10 years ago

Jeffrey M. Lacker , sole dissenter from the Federal Reserve's decision last week to keep the interest rates it controls unchanged: I dissented because I believe that an increase in our...

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