/f/history

Submissions
Comments

- Hot
- New
- Active
- Top
- Controversial
- Most commented

An extensive cache of Aztec ritual offerings provides new insight into pre-Hispanic religious rites and political propaganda — excavations continue in downtown Mexico City, where the empire's holiest shrine was historically situated

reuters.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_z3ypk5 on November 25, 2022 at 12:10 AM

15 comments

537

Death of Vercingetorix

Submitted by oga_ogbeni t3_zvzzj4 on December 26, 2022 at 11:18 PM

78 comments

549

Did ancient Greeks think that observation prevented observation of the paranormal / paradoxa?

Submitted by Zestyclose-Advisor71 t3_10glude on January 20, 2023 at 3:15 AM

36 comments

556

A question on the history of perineal stitches after giving birth

Submitted by Endorion t3_zimxqi on December 11, 2022 at 10:09 AM

108 comments

560

Katherine Swynford and the Illicit Affair That Birthed Centuries' Worth of British Monarchs

mentalfloss.com

Submitted by trueslicky t3_yd6xaq on October 25, 2022 at 2:59 PM

30 comments

583

Fall of the East India Company

worldhistory.org

Submitted by Vailhem t3_yei7pe on October 27, 2022 at 4:15 AM

56 comments

597

This Zurich bar was once a meeting place for a secret gay society

washingtonblade.com

Submitted by Gurdy0714 t3_12818h4 on March 31, 2023 at 10:05 PM

3 comments

605

Conservation of Spanish Armada invasion maps reveals red ink details were added hundreds of years later

theartnewspaper.com

Submitted by ArtOak t3_10apbtk on January 13, 2023 at 8:25 AM

14 comments

620

Here's what 2023 has in store, as predicted by experts in 1923

npr.org

Submitted by MeatballDom t3_102ylix on January 4, 2023 at 8:52 AM

104 comments

659

What did the public actually want in the Iranian revolution of 1979?

Submitted by ReecoElryk t3_zuw5gi on December 25, 2022 at 11:07 AM

125 comments

667

What was history class like before the modern era?

Submitted by SunsetShoreline t3_zbkm5p on December 3, 2022 at 4:50 PM

98 comments

671

Roman tomb reveals burnt remains left in place, covered by bricks, sealed with lime, encircled by bent and broken nails — rites to restrain the dead from rising

arstechnica.com

Submitted by marketrent t3_11u4ue5 on March 17, 2023 at 9:45 PM

59 comments

681

The Garamantes: Rome's neighbours in the Sahara.

Submitted by AugustWolf22 t3_zmnnd5 on December 15, 2022 at 3:21 PM

33 comments

702

Stunning silver wedding dress recovered from 17th century shipwreck

cnn.com

Submitted by BarKnight t3_1152ebl on February 18, 2023 at 12:38 AM

23 comments

705

Researchers in Galicia open 15th-century tomb to test Columbus link theory. Explorer is generally believed to have been born in Italy in 1451 but some argue he was in fact born in Spain

theguardian.com

Submitted by ArtOak t3_z2i20c on November 23, 2022 at 6:54 AM

116 comments

715

Conway Castle – Mercian Explorer

mercianexplorer.com

Submitted by ctyates t3_11n3gd8 on March 9, 2023 at 8:53 PM

22 comments

726

Medieval shipwreck discovered in Norway during hunt for WWII ammunitions - could be one of Norway's oldest shipwrecks has been found on the bottom of a lake near Oslo.

livescience.com

Submitted by ArtOak t3_z2z44z on November 23, 2022 at 8:08 PM

22 comments

739

The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool

nature.com

Submitted by eeeking t3_y9w9t8 on October 21, 2022 at 3:14 PM

18 comments

759

The Chickens and the Bulls: The Rise and Incredible Fall of a Vicious Extortion Ring That Preyed on Prominent Gay Men in the 1960s

slate.com

Submitted by PhillipCrawfordJr t3_10obq20 on January 29, 2023 at 4:31 PM

16 comments

769

3D scan of the Tomb of Ramesses II (KV 7) and recent conservation work

mused.org

Submitted by shrimplypibbles20932 t3_11sppk4 on March 16, 2023 at 10:02 AM

21 comments

782

Fencing or swordsmanship during the during the American revolution

Submitted by Unable-Anybody-2285 t3_zz1vaa on December 30, 2022 at 2:28 PM

98 comments

791

Does Science Need History? A Conversation with Lorraine Daston

themarginaliareview.com

Submitted by Maxwellsdemon17 t3_yjd0l3 on November 1, 2022 at 4:18 PM

64 comments

814

Medieval babycare: from breastfeeding to developmental toys

aeon.co

Submitted by nemo_to_zero t3_11k2lai on March 6, 2023 at 3:55 PM

22 comments

818

When it comes to Cuba's military victory at the Bay of Pigs, does Che Guevara deserve any credit or should it be assigned exclusively to Castro's leadership?

Submitted by Anglicanpolitics123 t3_yk1r0q on November 2, 2022 at 10:40 AM

192 comments

819

A wall relief, comprising five figures carved on a bench in a communal building dating to the 9th millennium BC, was found in Sayburç, south-eastern Turkey, in 2021. It constitutes the earliest known depiction of a narrative ‘scene’

cambridge.org

Submitted by -introuble2 t3_zhhes3 on December 10, 2022 at 3:17 AM

30 comments

870