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What are the Old Hill Figures Dotted Around Britain? — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history

The Uffington White Horse. Source: World Wind, available here. The description of this activity has been termed “leucippotomy” for the carving of horses and “gigantotomy” for giants (there are currently four of this kind in Britain). Whether these adopted terms are intended to be applied seriously is debatable since they do not appear in the […]

World’s largest captive crocodile Cassius dies in Australia

George Craig feeds the world’s largest captive crocodile, Cassius at the Marineland Melanesia on Green Island, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Australia March 18, 2023. AAP Image/Brian Cassey via REUTERS The world’s largest captive crocodile, Cassius is pictured at the Marineland Melanesia on Green Island, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Australia March 18, 2023. AAP Image/Brian Cassey […]

Spain mounts biggest peacetime disaster recovery operation as death toll reaches 214

Alfafar, Spain, November 2, 2024. REUTERS/Susana Vera By Susana Vera and Guillermo Martinez VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) -The deadliest flash floods in Spain’s modern history have killed at least 214 people and dozens were still unaccounted for, four days after torrential rains swept the eastern region of Valencia, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday. In […]