PRE-HISTORY (50,000 Before Present – 3000 BCE)
- Cave Art
- Doggerland
- The Extinction Of Ice Age Mammals May Have Forced Humans To Invent Civilization
- Stone Tools Used By Homo Erectus Discovered
- Venus Figurines
ANCIENT HISTORY (3000 BCE – 500 CE)
Ancient History
Ancient China
Mesopotamia
POST-CLASSICAL HISTORY / Medieval History (500 CE – 1500)
European History
- Battle of Bosworth Field
- The Black Death (The Plague)
- Blarney Castle’s “Poison Garden”
- The Catholic Church vs. Cats
- Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales
- Globe Theatre
- Medieval Cats
- Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings
- Plague Doctors
- Richard the Lionheart
- St. George’s Day
- Worst year ever?
Court Life
MODERN HISTORY (1500 – Present)
European History
- Dr. William Price
- Joan of Arc Beatified
- Papal bull Inter gravissimas
- The Mud March
- The Wyrd Case of Margaret Dickson
Today in History
United States History
- Bloody Sunday
- Declaration of Independence
- Democratic Party Symbolized As A Donkey
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- First Person Cryonically Preserved
- Greensboro Four
- Juneteenth
- Ken Burns NYT Interview
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Lincoln’s House Divided Speech
- Myth Busting: Christopher Columbus
- Pledge of Allegiance
- Remember Pearl Harbor Day
- Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights March
- Serum Run to Nome
- Today in History —> Butterfly McQueen
- Ulysses S. Grant on Religion & Taxation
- Who Were The Puritans?
- 19th Amendment Ratified
Anthropology & Archaeology
Anthropology
Archaeological Finds
- 3500 years old Ancient Egyptian Lost City Discovered
- The Euphronios Krater
- Galloway Hoard
- Iron Age Burial Uncovered In West Sussex
- Oldest Woven Basket
- Mijikenda Tribes and the Vigango Statues
- Rosetta Stone Discovered
- Terracotta Army
Top Archaeological Finds 2020
- Archaeological Finds 2020: Lost Capital of Maya Kingdom
- Archaeological Finds 2020: Over 100 Ancient Sarcophagi
- Archaeological Finds 2020: The Red Lion
- Archaeological Finds 2020: 6000 ancient tombs spanning more than 2000 years discovered in Sichuan province, China
Antisemitism & Holocaust Studies
Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust
- What is Genocide?
- Amos Oz on Fanaticism
- Anne Frank’s Last Diary Entry
- Antisemitism: The Definitions
- Antisemitism Murder in France
- Anti-Semitism Rising In Europe
- Babi Yar
- Children of Lidice
- Communities of Hate
- Einsatzgruppen: An Overview
- First Kindertransport
- Henry Ford – Antisemite
- Kristallnacht 101
- Nazi “Death Valley” Prelude to the Holocaust
- Ordinary People Commit Atrocities
- Voyage of the St. Louis
- Zyklon B
- 80th Anniversary of the Murder of the Jews at Babi Yar
Remembrance
- Anne Frank on War
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Vigilance to Preserve the Truth
- Holocaust Days of Remembrance
- Holocaust Remembrance Day and Facebook
Resistance
- Acts of Resistance: Love Stories of the Holocaust
- Miep Gies
- Simone Segouin
- Sophie Scholl: An Introduction
- Sophie Scholl’s Final Words
- Ursula von Kardoff on Sophie Scholl and the White Rose
Righteous Among Nations
Jewish Communities and Culture Before World War II
The Camps
Extermination Camps
- Auschwitz Sonderkommando Revolt
- Sonderkommando Auschwitz Revolt
- Sobibór Extermination Camp
- Sobibór Revolt
- Treblinka Extermination Camp
Ghettos
Memorials and Museums
Survivors
Nazi Propaganda
Israel
- President’s Room (Jerusalem, Israel)
- Razzouk Ink (Jerusalem, Israel)
- St. George’s Monastery (West Bank, Palestine)
- Zedekiah’s Cave / Solomon’s Quarries (Jerusalem, Israel)
France: Heart in Paris
French History
Court Life
French Literature, Authors and Artists
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Born Today Jean Genet and Édith Piaf
- Emile Zola
- Most Nobel Prize for Literature Winners
- The Plague by Albert Camus
- Marguerite Porete
- Marie de France
- Simone de Beauvoir
Book Reviews
French Travel
- Arles: A Van Gogh Getaway
- The Astronomical Clock of Besançon Cathedral (Besançon, Franche-Comté, France)
- Château du Clos Lucé
- French Fun Facts
- Hollow at La Meauffe (La Meauffe, Normandy, France)
- Le Mont Saint Michel
- Necrography of Paris: An Introduction
- Nicéphore Niépce
- Orient Express
- Paris Metro
- The Rotting Body of René de Chalon (Bar-Le-Duc, Lorraine, France)
- Sacré-Cœur Basilica
Japan
Japanese Cultural Spotlight
- Doyo no Ushi no Hi
- Gift Giving Etiquette in Japan
- Ikigai (生き甲斐)
- Kanbina 甘美な (かんび な)
- Mono-No-Aware (物の哀れ)
- Shōkadō bentō (松花堂弁当)
- Tobi-ishi (飛石)
Japanese Tea Ceremony
Japanese Holidays
Japanese Homes & Gardens
Japanese Language
- Hiragana: An Introduction
- Hiragana: Voiced Consonants and Other Sounds
- Katakana: An Introduction
- Katakana: Voiced Consonants and Other Sounds
- Kanji: An Introduction
- “School” Vocabulary
Japanese Death Poems
- What Are Japanese Death Poems?
- Dokyo Etan (道鏡慧端) – Japanese Death Poem
- Doyu (道祐) – Japanese Death Poem
- Gizan Zenrai (儀山善来) – Japanese Death Poem
Japanese Arts & Crafts
- Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons: Autumn and Winter
- Chigusa and the Art of Tea
- Japanese Manhole Covers (マンホールの蓋): Art Beneath Your Feet
- Origami: A Primer
- What constitutes a traditional Japanese craft?
Samurai
Travel Essays – Japan
Fukuoka Prefecture
Gifu Prefecture
- Gifu Castle (岐阜城)
- Hida Kokubunji Temple (飛騨国分寺)
- Takayama Jinya (岐阜県 Gifu-ken)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site: The Gassho-Style Houses of Shirakawa-go
- The Rakan statues (Kyoto, Japan)
European and Other Travel
European Travel (Non-France)
- Alexander Golod’s Pyramids(Ostashkov, Russia)
- The Chained Books of Hereford Cathedral (Hereford, Herefordshire – Great Britain)
- The Crooked Forest (Nowe Czarnowo, West Pomerania – Poland)
- The Devil Heads (Želízy, Czech Republic)
- Hill of Crosses (Meškuičiai, Šiauliai – Lithuania)
- The Merry Cemetery (Săpânţa, Maramureş, Romania)
- Temple of All Religions (Kazan, Russia)
- Wieliczka Salt Mine (Wieliczka, Poland)
Scandinavia Travel
- The Arctic Henge (Raufarhöfn, Iceland)
- Battle of Hafrsfjord Monument (Hafrsfjord, Norway)
- Icelandic Elf School (Reykjavík, Iceland)
- Kjeragbolten (Forsand, Rogaland – Norway)
- Svalbard Global Seed Vault (Longyearbyen, Svalbard – Norway)
- Svanslös Crosswalk
- Tollund Man (Silkeborg, Central Denmark)
United States Southern Travel
- Photo Essay: Colonial Williamsburg Houses
- Savannah’s Forsyth Park Fountain
- What and Where is Florida’s First Coast?
Travel Essays – Other
Mark Beré Peterson: The Humanities focused on Ancient History, Culture, Literature, Myth, Magic and Counterculture Movements 