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A teacher, Mary R. Hyde, and students at the Carlisle Indian Training School. Source: here and here. At least two years before 2016, large numbers of Central American families, nearly all from the Northern Triangle countries of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador began to arrive in walking caravans at the Texas Border. Well before Donald […]
A look at Dublin City around the time of the 1916 Easter Rising “Dublin 1916,” a brief newsreel clip from British Pathé that’s been preserved as part of the Irish Film Institute, hints at the devastation caused by The Easter Rising. The camera slowly pans from Eden Quay, looking down O’Connell Street to Bachelors Walk. The […]
It was a budget the chancellor said would “match the greatest economic moments in Labour history”, and for the occasion Rachel Reeves chose to wear a garment to match the moment: a pussybow blouse. The UK’s first female chancellor knows more than most how the way female politicians dress can be picked over and weaponised. […]
As we prepare for the election of the next president of the United States, here at Atlas Obscura, we’re reflecting on the shocking stories of presidents and their partners. From sea slugs to first lady escapades, these are odd, interesting, and out-of-pocket details you probably didn’t learn in any high school history class. Explore the […]
(မိုးမခ) နိုဝင်ဘာ ၁ ၊ ၂၀၂၄ ဂန္ဓာလရာဇ်၊ စိနရဌ၊ စိန့်တိုင်း၊ ချိုင်းနား စသည်ဖြင့် နာမည်အမျိုးမျိုးနဲ့ ကျနော်တို့ သိကြတဲ့ တရုတ်ပြည်ကြီးဟာ မြန်မာပြည်နဲ့ပတ်သက်ရင် မဟာဗျူဟာအဆင့်မှာ မာယာမများလှပေမဲ့၊ နည်းဗျူဟာအဆင့်မှာတော့ မာယာများလှပါတယ်။ သမိုင်းအဆက်ဆက် တရုတ်ပြည်မှာ ကြီးစိုးခဲ့ကြတဲ့ မင်းတွေဟာ မွန်ဂို၊ မန်ချူး၊ ဟန် စသဖြင့် ဘယ်မျိုးနွယ်ကပဲ ဖြစ်စေ၊ မြန်မာပြည်အပေါ် ထားတဲ့ မဟာဗျူဟာကတော့ တခုတည်းသာ ရှိပါတယ်။ အဲဒါကတော့ မြန်မာပြည်ကို အင်အားချည့်နဲ့စေပြီး၊ သူ့ရဲ့ သြဇာခံနိုင်ငံအဖြစ် ထားရှိရေး ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ အဲဒီ မဟာဗျူဟာရည်မှန်းချက် အောင်မြင်စေဖို့အတွက် သုံးစွဲတဲ့ နည်းဗျူဟာကတော့ အသွေးအရောင် စုံလင်လှတဲ့ မြန်မာအင်အားစုတွေအပေါ် မာယာပေါင်းစုံ သုံးပြီး ကစားခြင်းပဲ ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ ဒီအချက်ကို သက်သေပြနိုင်ဖို့အတွက် […]
01-11-2024 07:00 Archaeologists found an ancient Mayan city called Valeriana under the jungle in Mexico’s Campeche state. This city has about 7,000 buildings, including pyramids, amphitheaters, and sports fields. Archaeologists believe that up to 50,000 people lived there during the 9th century. They say that Valeriana is the second-largest Maya site after Calakmul. They found […]
01-11-2024 07:00 Valeriana is an old Mayan city. Scientists find it under the jungle in Mexico. The city is very large. There are pyramids and sports fields. And other buildings. Archaeologists think that around 50,000 people live there in the 9th century. Scientists use radar, which helps them see through the trees. Valeriana is now […]
01-11-2024 07:00 A large ancient Mayan city has been discovered in Mexico’s Campeche state, hidden beneath dense jungle. This site, called Valeriana, contains a network of buildings, plazas, and pathways. It is now considered the second-largest Mayan site, only surpassed by Calakmul. Researchers found almost 7,000 structures, including pyramids, amphitheaters, and sports fields, indicating that […]
This week sees the publication of my new book, Bandit Heaven: The Hole-in-the-Wall Gangs and the Final Chapter of the Wild West. The main characters are Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, but unlike the classic movie, there is also emphasis on a wide range of colorful characters. Two of them are portrayed in the following excerpt from […]
This Tuesday, millions of American citizens will exercise their right to vote. The Onion presents a historical timeline of how voting rights in the U.S. have developed. 1776: Framers grant voting rights to all their boys: Big Jeff, Mikey G., Nick T., Nick P., Skinny Rick, and Timbo. 1920: The suffragettes win the right to […]