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Chest Of Stolen Nazi Silver Found Buried At 14th-Century Polish Castle
A cache of stolen Nazi silver was found buried behind a 14th-century Polish castle that was occupied by the Nazis during ...
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Europe’s hidden Black Africans of the Renaissance
Filmmaker Fred Kudjo Kuwornu brings his documentary We Were Here: The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe ...
The Vikings didn’t wear horns - and seven other things we learned
Unfortunately, there is no archaeological evidence for the warriors wearing their iconic horns or wings. “We do have carvings ...
Human flesh does a body good? Cannibalism as medicine in Medieval Europe
Between the end of Roman antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages, laws appeared in both the Codex Theosianus and the ...
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Surviving a Winter Storm in the Middle Ages
The 14th century wasn’t a great time for sunbathing in Europe. Right from the start it seemed as though a distinct chill had settled over the land. The Baltic Sea froze over twice in 1303 and again ...
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How a “Little Ice Age” Shaped Europe from the 14th to the 19th Century
The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of cooling that occurred from approximately the 14th to the mid-19th century, during ...