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The Origins of Halloween Part 1: Samhain and the Celtic Time of Spirits

Did you know that the Jack O’ Lantern is actually thought to represent a severed human head captured in battle? Follow along as we describe the origins of this most macabre of all holidays in this first of a two part series on Halloween...

Language and Identity in the Roman Empire

The most detailed records we have of ancient Europeans come to us from early Greek historians who describe to us the various tribes and peoples that lived at the periphery of their known world. The Romans later shaped these defintions into the provinces that shaped there Empires, influencing the language areas that make up European society to this day.

Vampires & Vikings: The ancient origins of "True Blood's" more interesting residents

Last season's 5.3 million viewers of HBO’s True Blood miniseries, prove that cannibalism, drinking blood, running around naked in the woods, still haven't lost their appeal on the publics imagination and hunger for things ancient...

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Kasseler Mumienschau â?? Gänsehaut garantiert

Konservierte Leichen hat es nicht nur im alten �gypten gegeben: Rund 70 Mumien aus allen Teilen der Welt werden dieser Tage in zwei Kassler Museen präsentiert. Es sei eine Ausstellung zum Thema Tod ...

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The savage beauty of maligned marauders

WHEN we think of the Vikings, most of us probably conjure up images of Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis slugging it out in the famous Hollywood blockbuster.

The film was based on legendary tale ...

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Archaeological Study Tour to The Peak District and the Fens 1 to 6 April 2010


The EMAS Easter 2010 study tour is to the Peak District and the Fen Country. This area of middle England contains some of the highest and the lowest land in the country, and this topographical var ...

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY, 1907, Paul Corno achieves the first helicopter flight

I am out of town, so updates to historytweeter and http://www.ablogabouthistory.com will resume on Monday. Have a great weekend!

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dayinhistory: 2 Nov 1924 Sunday Express publishes 1st British crossword puzzle

The Coptic language of Egypt is the direct descendant of the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic language...

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