Mr. P's World History Emporium
Mr. P's World History Emporium is a page dedicated to all of the wildest, zaniest, bloodiest, most bizarre and most wonderful examples of world history!
15/10/2018
Enormous, rare Viking ship burial discovered by radar — National Geographic Archaeologists in Norway using ground-penetrating radar have detected one of the largest Viking ship graves ever found.
10/10/2018
Enchanted garden unearthed at Pompeii — Italianmedia Archaeologists have unearthed a stunning treasure in the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city which was destroyed following the explosion of Mt Vesuvius in AD 79.
A stunning recreation of Athens during the Classical Age of Hellas (Greece)!
1,000 years ago in the United States existed a city that was bigger than Paris or London. Where? St. Louis, of course. This is that story...
Who were the Normans, and how did they leave their mark so far and wide? Find out how these warriors changed the history of Europe:
10/08/2018
Hey all! If anyone is interested in urban exploring and random roadside quirkiness, I'm kicking off Mr. P. Explores' new Instagram account tonight, so feel free to follow along as I randomly post things out on the road while exploring! Join the adventure! Between this, world history and mythology, I have a rather full plate, but already I've seen some amazing things out there. Follow along!
https://www.instagram.com/mr.p.explores/
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For those interested in train history, a walkthrough of the Windber Trolley Graveyard in Windber, PA...
05/08/2018
The medieval European folk never had it this good...
02/08/2018
Six 2000-year-old Greek statues discovered in southwestern Turkey Six statues dating back 2,000 years were discovered Saturday in the ruins of the ancient Greek city of Magnesia, located in southwestern Aydın province's...
The oldest lullaby in Britain - found in the margins of a 7th Century Welsh battle poem. Sung in Old Welsh - at Old England Hole in Kent, legendary site of the defeat of the Kentish tribes by Julius Caesar's invading army in 54 BC.
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14/07/2018
Considered by historians to be the first true empire, Assyria’s innovations laid the groundwork for every superpower that has followed.
The rise and fall of the Assyrian Empire:
20/04/2018
The utter travesty of this....
Concrete poured on world’s oldest temple Göbeklitepe Experts are warning about careless works around the ancient site of Göbeklitepe, considered the world’s oldest temple area, amid reports th...
Zoroastrianism is one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions...
Constantine the VII sent an envoy to Al Andalus (Islamic Spain) in 949 C.E. Among his gifts was the recorded knowledge of Dioscorides and a monk to help the great state in the west learn Greek. The video series continues and the question is asked - Its the high point of the Caliphate in Spain - but was it also the high point in tolerance?
13/04/2018
Turns out the emperors of the Byzantine Empire were crazy good at making cash...
From Duchy of Burgundyball
06/04/2018
Artwork by Gemma Correll...
06/04/2018
The Valley of the Kings in Egypt 🇪🇬
I need to check this program out! They have Henry VIII physically nailed on this!
27/03/2018
SKOL (written "skål" in Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish and "skál" in Faroese and Icelandic or "skaal" in transliteration of any of those languages) is the Danish-Norwegian-Swedish word for "cheers", or "good health", a salute or a toast, as to an admired person or group. The Norse of old used this salutatory word often and in many cases, with a horn full of mead to celebrate life in general!
26/03/2018
Now it’s a desert, but 4000 years ago the ancient site of Abu Tbeirah in southern Iraq was a thriving Sumerian port town. It was a hub where ships set sail for distant lands such as the Indus Valley and returned with Indian treasures. The port is helping write a new chapter in Sumerian history – those folks were more than just inventive farmers...
4,000-Year-Old Sumerian Port Shows the Famed Civilization Excelled at Sea Too Now it’s a desert, but 4000 years ago the ancient site of Abu Tbeirah in southern Iraq was a thriving Sumerian port town. It was a hub where ships set sail for distant lands such as the Indus Valley and returned with Indian treasures.
26/03/2018
Our brains are wired to see ancient pottery behind glass, stored safe and sound in museums cases, piece by piece meticulously restored by archaeologists. But Monte Testaccio is the opposite–a mountain of archaeological garbage, the waste hill where millions of ancient Roman pottery shards, broken jars, and amphorae have piled up for over two centuries, since the times of ancient Rome. The site has not failed to provide archaeologists and researchers with details of how trade networks spread across the Mediterranean, some two millennia ago...
An ancient landfill: A huge artificial hill in Italy helps archaeologists understand how trading networks worked in Rome Our brains are wired to see ancient pottery behind glass, stored safe and sound in museums cases, piece by piece meticulously restored by archaeologists. But Monte Testaccio is the opposite--a mountain of archaeological garbage, the waste hill where millions of ancient Roman pottery shards, broken j...
Quite a bit of humanity's collective history lies at the bottom of the earth's seas and oceans. Just what and how much? This video sets it all down!
26/03/2018
360° View above Temple V
~ Tikal, Guatemala
360° Panorama created by AirPano.com
Watch as the strength and resilience of these Samurai Warrior Queens shocks their enemy...
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